Hey, I presume setMethod() refers to a getter/setter. So, your persisted class would look like:
@Persistent Text text; public void setText(String s) { this.text = new Text(s); } public String getText() { return this.text.getValue() } The App Engine API is your friend: http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/javadoc/ Jake On Mar 11, 8:37 pm, Tristan <tristan.slomin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Lloyd, > > String reallyLong = "It was the best of times, it was the worst of > times..... (...) .."; > > Text myText = new Text(reallyLong); > > I don't understand your reference to "setMethod()". > > Cheers! > > On Mar 10, 10:53 pm, Lloyd <cled...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have persistent object, with a string property that often is over > > 500 charachters. Google App Engine says I need to save it as a > > com.google.appengine.api.datastore.Text. > > > How do I either convert a String type to a > > com.google.appengine.api.datastore.Text type so I can use a > > setMethod() on the property, or otherwise get my long sting data into > > that persistent value? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine-j...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine-java+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en.