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The following page has been changed by SimonKitching: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-commons/BeanUtils/FAQ The comment on the change is: Added info re ConvertUtils conversions from X to String ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FAQ entry titled "How can I correctly convert locale-specific input?" for specific information about this. + === How can I customise conversions from type X to String? === + + Sorry, but !ConvertUtils isn't really designed to do that. It is fundamentally about mapping strings + (from xml input or web forms, etc) to objects. + + The standard converter to the String type simply calls toString on its input object, so you can customise the + output for objects of any particular class by modifying the toString method of that class. + + Or you could replace the converter for target type String.class with a custom converter which inspects the type + of the object and does a big switch statement. Or maybe even look up a mapping table of subconverter objects + based on the type of the object being converted. + + But in general if you need to do this, then !ConvertUtils is probably the wrong tool for your job. You might like + to look at morph.sourceforge.net, google for alternatives or craft your own solution. + === Why do I get ConversionException when using RowSetDynaClass with Oracle? === Oracle's JDBC driver is broken. When a query is run against a table containing a Timestamp column, --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
