Evaluator eval = scInstance.getEvaluator();
// Most attributes of <send> are expressions so need to be
// evaluated before the EventDispatcher callback
Object hintsValue = null;
if (!SCXMLHelper.isStringEmpty(hints)) {
hintsValue = eval.eval(ctx, hints);
}
String targetValue = target;
if (!SCXMLHelper.isStringEmpty(target)) {
targetValue = (String) eval.eval(ctx, target);
if (SCXMLHelper.isStringEmpty(targetValue)