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Geoff Callender updated TAPESTRY-1928:
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    Description: 
Boolean has 3 states: null, true, false, but the coercer coerces null to false. 
 While this is correct behaviour for the boolean primitive (which has only 2 
states), it is not correct for Boolean.

The same argument applies here as in TAPESTRY-1648 which dealt with null 
BigDecimal and Integer.

A practical consequence is that a BooleanValueEncoder that is 3-value aware 
becomes useless because the coercer will override it.  

For example I combined a BooleanValueEncoder with Select to allow a user to 
choose between "", "true", and "false".  But when the user chooses "", they 
unexpectedly get the same result as choosing "false".  Here's the template code:

   <select t:id="active" t:type="Select" value="active" model="actives" 
encoder="booleanValueEncoder"/>

Here's the relevant java:

   static private final Boolean[] ACTIVES = { null, Boolean.TRUE, Boolean.FALSE 
};
   static private final BooleanValueEncoder BOOLEAN_VALUE_ENCODER = new 
BooleanValueEncoder();

   public Boolean getActive() {
      return _active;
   }

   public  void setActive(Boolean active) {
      _active = active;
   }

   public Boolean[] getActives() {
      return ACTIVES;
   }
        
   public BooleanValueEncoder getBooleanValueEncoder() {
      return BOOLEAN_VALUE_ENCODER;
   }

Here's a BooleanValueEncoder:

   public class BooleanValueEncoder implements ValueEncoder<Boolean> {

      public String toClient(Boolean value) {
         return value == null ? "" : value.toString();
      }

      public Boolean toValue(String clientValue) {
         return clientValue.equals("") ? null : Boolean.valueOf(clientValue);
      }

   }

When the user chooses "", Tapestry calls setActive(Boolean.FALSE) instead of 
setActive(null).

  was:
Boolean has 3 states: null, true, false, but the coercer coerces null to false. 
 While this is correct behaviour for the boolean primitive (which has only 2 
states), it is not correct for Boolean.

The same argument applies here as in TAPESTRY-1648 which dealt with null 
BigDecimal and Integer.

A practical consequence is that a BooleanValueEncoder that is 3-value aware 
becomes useless because the coercer will override it.  

For example I combined a BooleanValueEncoder with Select to allow a user to 
choose between "", "true", and "false".  But when the user chooses "", they 
unexpectedly get the same result as choosing "false".  Here's the template code:

        <select t:id="active" t:type="Select" value="active" model="actives" 
encoder="booleanValueEncoder"/>

Here's the relevant java:

        static private final Boolean[] ACTIVES = { null, Boolean.TRUE, 
Boolean.FALSE };
        static private final BooleanValueEncoder BOOLEAN_VALUE_ENCODER = new 
BooleanValueEncoder();

        public Boolean getActive() {
                return _active;
        }

        public  void setActive(Boolean active) {
                _active = active;
        }

        public Boolean[] getActives() {
                return ACTIVES;
        }
        
        public BooleanValueEncoder getBooleanValueEncoder() {
                return BOOLEAN_VALUE_ENCODER;
        }

Here's a BooleanValueEncoder:

public class BooleanValueEncoder implements ValueEncoder<Boolean> {

        public String toClient(Boolean value) {
                return value == null ? "" : value.toString();
        }

        public Boolean toValue(String clientValue) {
                return clientValue.equals("") ? null : 
Boolean.valueOf(clientValue);
        }

}

When the user chooses "", Tapestry calls setActive(Boolean.FALSE) instead of 
setActive(null).


> Coercion from null to Boolean yields false instead of null
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: TAPESTRY-1928
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TAPESTRY-1928
>             Project: Tapestry
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: tapestry-ioc
>    Affects Versions: 5.0.6
>            Reporter: Geoff Callender
>
> Boolean has 3 states: null, true, false, but the coercer coerces null to 
> false.  While this is correct behaviour for the boolean primitive (which has 
> only 2 states), it is not correct for Boolean.
> The same argument applies here as in TAPESTRY-1648 which dealt with null 
> BigDecimal and Integer.
> A practical consequence is that a BooleanValueEncoder that is 3-value aware 
> becomes useless because the coercer will override it.  
> For example I combined a BooleanValueEncoder with Select to allow a user to 
> choose between "", "true", and "false".  But when the user chooses "", they 
> unexpectedly get the same result as choosing "false".  Here's the template 
> code:
>    <select t:id="active" t:type="Select" value="active" model="actives" 
> encoder="booleanValueEncoder"/>
> Here's the relevant java:
>    static private final Boolean[] ACTIVES = { null, Boolean.TRUE, 
> Boolean.FALSE };
>    static private final BooleanValueEncoder BOOLEAN_VALUE_ENCODER = new 
> BooleanValueEncoder();
>    public Boolean getActive() {
>       return _active;
>    }
>    public  void setActive(Boolean active) {
>       _active = active;
>    }
>    public Boolean[] getActives() {
>       return ACTIVES;
>    }
>       
>    public BooleanValueEncoder getBooleanValueEncoder() {
>       return BOOLEAN_VALUE_ENCODER;
>    }
> Here's a BooleanValueEncoder:
>    public class BooleanValueEncoder implements ValueEncoder<Boolean> {
>       public String toClient(Boolean value) {
>          return value == null ? "" : value.toString();
>       }
>       public Boolean toValue(String clientValue) {
>          return clientValue.equals("") ? null : Boolean.valueOf(clientValue);
>       }
>    }
> When the user chooses "", Tapestry calls setActive(Boolean.FALSE) instead of 
> setActive(null).

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