These links will help you write and register a converter for BeanUtils. http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/beanutils/apidocs/org/apache/commons/beanutils/ConvertUtilsBean.html http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/beanutils/apidocs/org/apache/commons/beanutils/ConvertUtils.html http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/beanutils/apidocs/org/apache/commons/beanutils/Converter.html
You can register the converter in a couple of places: 1) Write a servlet listener class and declare it in your web.xml 2) Write a struts plugin class and declare it in your struts-config.xml Brandon On 5/9/05, Darek Dober <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >It sounds to me like you are corrupting your model and introducing > >ambiguity. Using Strings for Dates and Integers is a bad idea. We've > >successfully dealt with those issues without corrupting our model. > >That is the purpose of the ActionForm. It is a point in which you need > >to convert your user input to your model. I think you are shortcutting > >here and will regret it later on. This is not a good practice. > > More I think about that, more I relise that, you have absolutely right about > that. > > I also realise that, it goes a little beyond that group, and comes to the > struts, but you went through it, > > > > > >nested bean. The other option is to write a different BeanUtils > > > > >Converter implementation for numerics and register it > > > > > > > > >(http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/beanutils/api/org/apache/commons/beanuti > ls/ConvertUtils.html#register(org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter,%20java > .lang.Class). > > I found strutslive application, which shows something about this, but the > example is more sophisticated, that I need now. > > The question is: What level should I register my Converter at? > I looked into struts source, and I went to that: the request processor > invokes method: populate which invokes RequestUtils.convert or populate, > which > goes to the ConvertUtils and so on > > What is the simpliest way to register my converter, that it should > correspond to all actionForms. I want to do it above population of all > actionForms, instead of doing it in all actionForm set/get method. > > What parts /objects should I implement on my own. (whole request processor, > and how does it affect TilesRequestProcessor used by TilesPlugin) > > I realise that it is more about struts, but it came out from my topic:) > > Any hints would be appreciated > > Best regards > Darek > > > > > > >
