I have a bean I persist with Hibernate. It's properties are: 2 Floats 1 Integer (the key) 2 Dates
Now, relying on my handy dandy copies of Struts KickStart, Struts In Action, and all of the Web, I'm apparently supposed to declare these methods in the Form I am using as Strings since automatic type conversion can fubar them. But Since the JSP I am using is getting these fields with html:text fields, I apparently am supposed to have methods in form to do the type conversion for me. Okay, that's light years better than putting this in the business layer, but fine. Is there an Automatic way I can get a DynaBean to do this for me? Maybe a Get (prop, type) and get(prop, type, value) for the types youd find in java.lang? If not, there should be, because it limits what a DynaBean can do in a big kinda way. Why have a type declaration in the DTD if youre only ever going to want to use String and String[] ? :-) I mean, it's not like I couldnt add such a set of methods to my DynaValidatorActionForm subclass, but what I'd want is for the framework to use them for me without me needing to know about it. (I dont ask for much, do I???). If not, I'd like to continue to use my Subclassed DynaValidatorActionForm anyway, but I am wondering if it is going to be self-defeating to declare custom getters and setters for properties that are declared in struts config? Should I just use it as a non-dyna form? Maybe I've been up too late (okay, I have) but it's the little things like this that makes me feel like Struts is creating work for me rather than saving me from it. Tx for indulging my sleepy rant. -Joe --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
