On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Andreas Joseph Krogh <andr...@officenet.no>wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 December 2008 23:14:50 Musachy Barroso wrote: > > It doesn't mean that it will convert from string to a joda object, it > > means that it will convert a string in ISO 8601 format, to a Date > > object. The patch in that ticket used joda lib to create the ISO 8601, > > if I don't remember wrong. > > Ok, so you're saying that Struts2 (even in trunk) is unable to handle > joda-time dates out of the box? That's a pitty. In 2008, is anyone actually > using pure java.util.Date anymore? I was wondering the opposite - are enough people using Joda Time to make it worth the support / time / energy in S2? Everyone I know is, in fact, using java.util.Date. -- Martin Cooper > > > Previously I've created container-objects to wrap joda-classes, which works > but shouldn't be necessary. I kind of hoped that Struts-2 in its most modern > form (trunk) included converters for the most common object-types. I think, > for what it's worth, the ticket is missleading and that it should be > commented somewhere that Struts-2.1 will not support joda-time. > > I know this sounds kind of rant-ish, but there are so many good things > about Struts2 that missing out-of-the-box joda-support is kind of hard to > swallow... > > -- > Andreas Joseph Krogh <andr...@officenet.no> > Senior Software Developer / CEO > ------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ > OfficeNet AS | The most difficult thing in the world is to | > Karenslyst Allé 11 | know how to do a thing and to watch | > PO. Box 529 Skøyen | somebody else doing it wrong, without | > 0214 Oslo | comment. | > NORWAY | | > Tlf: +47 24 15 38 90 | | > Fax: +47 24 15 38 91 | | > Mobile: +47 909 56 963 | | > ------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@struts.apache.org > >
