> Do you use the
setErrors/getErrors methods? I've abandoned them for a more favorable
method described below. I'm wondering if I should release them as a tool
kit.
I use a totally-separate component for handling
errors. It's a small, simple object, but works great. I would not
use the "built-in" error methods you generate.
> It depends on how your bean is
populated. If I'm populating from a form, I'll usually set the data type
to "any" for a date field to accept anything (unless I'm sure it's really a
date - such has a js calendar event etc). I use "any" to show a
difference between plain old strings and something special being done in the
validate.
Good idea. "Any" appears better than "String" for
those values. "Any" seems more ambiguous which is exactly what form
data is.
> I usually just "catch" errors inside my
validate function. I don't consider the bean "good" until validation has
been done anyways. I have a special generic form error handler that I
use to "hold" error codes on validation (error code, field name and location
[the bean name] - it's easy to track down where errors are being set) and I
pass in the errorHandler to the validate() method in which it returns the
error handler. I also have a errorMessage class that reads my
errorHandler and outputs html with the correct message text for the error code
inside a cfsavecontent for display on my form (I also have dev and production
mode - so the output differs [i.e. more debug info]).
I use a similar method with the external error
compoent.
> No problem...I don't pretend to
have all the answers here and I'm open to suggestions on improvement. I
know that all forms are just strings anyways - I just don't think you have to
have your bean be all strings too... In the end, you have to fudge
things a bit sometimes as well and it depends on how your UI is designed.
Do you "ever" go from an "Any-typed" object to a
correctly-typed object in a single process? Or do you just leave
it one way or another?
For example, you could have a formBean with "Any"
datatypes. Once that is validated, do you then pass the data into a
fully-typed bean?
Thanks!
M!ke
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