I had a similar question, and here is what Keith wrote -
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The xs:date type is handled by org.exolab.castor.types.Date. It has a
built in descriptor class, org.exolab.castor.types.DateDescriptor. It
can't be mapped very well with the mapping file, which is why we
provided the built-in descriptor.
If you really want to use a mapping file and not the built-in
descriptors, you can write your own custom FieldHandler that handles the
conversion to and from a string (by simply deferring to the Date.parse()
and Date.toString() methods).
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HTH
-Nischala
-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thu 7/1/2004 8:30 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [castor-user] java.lang.IllegalArgument when mapping
java.util.Date to constructor argument
Thanks Anne,
I need to keep the java.util.Date implementation though. I wonder if it
is a bug in Castor, or there is something I am doing wrong/
misunderstanding.
Colin.
Meade, Anne wrote:
> Hi Colin,
>
> In my experience, I had to convert my java.util.Date type to
> org.exolab.castor.types.Date.
>
> Here is the castor date type:
> http://www.castor.org/javadoc/org/exolab/castor/types/Date.html
>
> You need to import org.exolab.castor.types.Date;
>
> This is my code:
>
> Date date = new Date();
> short[] dateVals = {20,04,06,23}; //this date is
> 2004-06-23
> date.setValues(dateVals);
>
> item.setShipDate(date);
>
> Hope this helps,
> Anne
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colin Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 6:32 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [castor-user] java.lang.IllegalArgument when mapping
> java.util.Date to constructor argument
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a simple class Trial with constructor
>
> /** Creates a new instance of Trial */
> public Trial(String trialName, String deviceFilename, String
>
> usageFilename, Date start, Date end) {
> this.trialName = trialName;
> this.deviceFilename = deviceFilename;
> this.usageFilename = usageFilename;
> this.start = start;
> this.end = end;
> }
>
> I am mapping the instance variables to the constructor arguments using
> the mapping below. However, I get the exception
>
> org.xml.sax.SAXException: unable to instantiate
> com.colinharris.pm.analysis.Trial; java.lang.IllegalArgumentException:
> argument type mismatch
>
> when I include the two java.util.Date arguments. It works fine when I
> only have the three String arguments. Am I doing something wrong?
>
> thanks in advance
>
> Colin.
>
> <class name="com.colinharris.pm.analysis.Trial">
> <field name="trialName" set-method="%1" get-method="getTrialName"
> type="string">
> <bind-xml node="attribute"/>
> </field>
> <field name="deviceFilename" set-method="%2"
> get-method="getDeviceFilename" type="string">
> <bind-xml node="attribute"/>
> </field>
> <field name="usageFilename" set-method="%3"
> get-method="getUsageFilename" type="string">
> <bind-xml node="attribute"/>
> </field>
> <field name="start" set-method="%4" get-method="getStart"
> type="date">
> <bind-xml node="attribute"/>
> </field>
>
> <field name="end" set-method="%5" get-method="getEnd" type="date">
> <bind-xml node="attribute"/>
> </field>
>
> </class>
>
>
>
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