On 11/1/06, Zmitko, Jan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
I´ve a question why it´s not possible to use "java.util.Date" in
digester respectively in the digester rule file. Instead the type
"java.sql.Date" works.
This was a fun one :)
Can someone explain me what´s the reason?
Under the hood, Digester uses BeanUtils to do its converting. If you
look at ConvertUtilsBean
[http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jakarta/commons/proper/beanutils/trunk/src/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils/ConvertUtilsBean.java]
and search for Date, you'll see that by default BeanUtils does not
register a converter for java.util.Date.
The other direction was resolved in BeanUtils a little while ago:
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEANUTILS-239 but that's for
Date->String.
I've raised an issue for converting in this direction:
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEANUTILS-255.
If it's not something you can work around, you could write a
UtilDateConverter of your own and register it with ConvertUtils for
java.util.Date (and submit to BEANUTILS-255? :) ); or follow
BEANUTILS-255 and one should hopefully be added soon. BeanUtils has
been pretty inactive, but a few of us have started digging into its
backlog of issues recently.
Hen
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