[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEANUTILS-228?page=comments#action_12449880 ] Henri Yandell commented on BEANUTILS-228: -----------------------------------------
I wonder if the destinationClass is necessary in this API. It seems that the user will get all they need with: register(Converter, Class beanClass, String propertyName). Thoughts? > [beanutils] ConvertUtilsBean: register converter for specific property > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: BEANUTILS-228 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEANUTILS-228 > Project: Commons BeanUtils > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: ConvertUtils & Converters > Affects Versions: 1.5 > Environment: Operating System: other > Platform: Other > Reporter: Michael Schuerig > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 1.8.0 > > > Currently, converters are selected only based on the class to which they > convert objects. In general this works pretty well, but I've encountered > cases, where this doesn't work out. > > For example, I'm using java.util.Date objects to represent points and > intervals in time that are not completely specific, such as day of the week > and month. Now I can easily write a Converter that uses SimpleDateFormat to > convert string representations of these dates ("Mon", "Feb") to Date objects. > > > When I register one of these converters with ConvertUtils(Bean), though, it > preempts any conversion to Date. Something I clearly don't want as I have to > deal with different kinds of dates. > > As a solution, I'd like to be able to register a converter for a specific > property of a bean class, with a method this > > ConvertUtilsBean#register(Converter converter, java.lang.Class > destinationClass, java.lang.Class beanClass, java.lang.String propertyName) > > Michael -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
