Thanks for replying. I've added an entry in bugzilla as you requested along with a suggestion to support the the following mapping file syntax.
<mapping>
<description>Description of the mapping</description>
<class name="java.util.Date"
handler="com.agedwards.core.xml.DateFieldHandler"/>
</mapping>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Visco [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 4:14 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [castor-dev] FieldHandler associated with a class instead
> of a field
>
>
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> Good question... and a resonable thing to want to do...
>
> Unfortunately I don't believe it's possible at the moment.
>
> It might be good to introduce a way to do this
> mapping...something like:
>
> <mapping>
> <use-handler name="com.agedwards.core.xml.DateFieldHandler"
> type="date"/>
> </mapping>
>
> Or even in the castor.properties to allow default introspection to use
> the handler also.
>
> I've added this to my list of things to do, but I'm not sure
> how long it
> might take to implement or when I'll have a chance to get to
> it. If this
> is something you'd be interested in helping us implement, then please
> feel free to do so.
>
> The best thing to do for now is to open an enhancement request at
> http://bugzilla.exolab.org for tracking purposes.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Keith
>
> > "Volkmann, Mark" wrote:
> >
> > I've written my own DateFieldHandler that extends
> > GeneralizedFieldHandler. It works great when I associate it with a
> > field as follows.
> >
> > <mapping>
> > <description>Description of the mapping</description>
> > <class name="com.agedwards.model.Person">
> > <field name="birthday" type="date"
> > handler="com.agedwards.core.xml.DateFieldHandler">
> > <bind-xml name="dateOfBirth" node="element"/>
> > </field>
> > </class>
> > </mapping>
> >
> > However, what I really want to do is associate it with ALL fields of
> > type java.util.Date. In my real application there are too many such
> > fields to do this for each one and I don't want to have to update my
> > mapping file every time a new object field of type java.util.Date is
> > added.
> >
> > Is there a way I can associate a handler with a class instead of a
> > field?
> >
> >
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