Spring expression language (SpEL): parse String to int

Question

I've got a (`String`, obviously) property expressed in minutes that I want to convert to an `int` before I do some arithmetic and inject it into my Spring bean. Right now I have this SpEL expression: ``` #{T(java.lang.Integer).parseInt(myProperties['MIN_TIME']) * 60 * 1000} ``` where `myProperties` is a simple `java.util.Properties` bean. Not that I'm particularly annoyed by this expression, but nevertheless: does the SpEL have a prettier, built-in way to parse strings into numeric values? Thanks!

Accepted Answer

Doesn't look like it, e.g. look at how the developers create them here: https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-8716

A slightly shorter version could be

```
#{new Integer(myProperties['MIN_TIME']) * 60 * 1000}
```

Spring expression language (SpEL): parse String to int

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