How to use SPEL for Dynamic View Objects?

Question

Hi Gurus,
In Benefits Self Service particularly in the Designate Beneficiaries page, we have a requirement to set the row for Self designation as Read Only. What this means for any plan that you're eligible and that requires beneficiary designation, you are not allowed to designate yourself. Unfortunately this is an intended functionality and the only way to achieve our requirement is thru Personalization. I was able to accomplish this successfuly thru the SPEL functionality. However the view object corresponding to each plan that requires beneficiary designation is somewhat dynamic. For example, Plan A corresponds to BeneficiaryPeopleVO1, Plan B corresponds to BeneficiaryPeopleVO2, Plan C corresponds to BeneficiaryPeopleVO3, etc. The Personalization Page only allows me to use the SPEL for only one view object at a time. So if an employee is eligible for 3 plans that require beneficiary designation and my SPEL points to BeneficiaryPeopleVO1, it will only set the Read Only in Plan A. Plan B and Plan C would still allow self designation. Is there a way I could use the SPEL to work for all View Objects?
Thanks,
Ronaldo

Answer 1

jeanluca wrote:
I've seen things like this in scripting languages, so I was wondering if things like this are possible in java. Here is an not working example:
Is something like this possible ?AFAIK, it is only possible in a very limited way as noted above and is nearly always not recommended and definitely not necessary. The variable name has little importance, but OTOH the object reference has great importance. Instead learn about arrays, Lists, and Maps.