RE: textfield with Date object
I accept your answer, but Struts2 should just handle this! :-(
I guess I'll write a number of helper methods like you did.
-Original Message-
From: Greg Lindholm [mailto:greg.lindh...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:14 AM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: textfield with Date object
(Seems like I just answered this question... but here it is again this
time for Dates)
In my experience it's better to define number (and time) input fields
as String and perform the conversion and validation in your action
using java.text.NumberFormat (and java.text.DateFormat). This puts
you in control of the
process and let's you handle I18N issues that way you want to without
fighting Struts.
I typically have a couple of helper methods I put into the base Action
class that simplify getting the users Locale and DateFormat.
Depending on the app the users Locale may come from a Login object or
the browser request (which Struts can retrieve) or from a cookie.
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Wick, Dan daniel.w...@donaldson.com
wrote:
Does anyone know how to change the format of dates coming in on a
text input being backed by a java.util.Date in the Action? If I enter
dates in US format (ex: 3/31/2010 for March 31, 2010) everything is
fine. This requires a different style input though, using
Day/Month/Year (31/3/2010). I suppose I could take in a string parse
it for a date myself, but I'm wondering if there's a Right way to do
it.
--Dan
-- Snip of jsp page --
Date Of Birth*
s:textfield name=dob required=true tabindex=4 size=30
cssClass=staticBody cssErrorClass=formError/
-- End snip of jsp page --
-- Snip of Action --
private Date dob;
public Date getDob() {
return dob;
}
�...@requiredstringvalidator(message=Date of Birth is required.,
trim=true)
public void setDob(Date dob) {
this.dob = dob;
}
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Re: textfield with Date object
Hi,
(copied from an earlier thread on numbers)
see
http://struts.apache.org/2.1.8.1/docs/formatting-dates-and-numbers.html
It is important to know that Struts 2 has always a locale context
request for each request, which affects both formating and parsing dates
and numbers. The request locale is determined as follows:
1. Request parameter
(http://struts.apache.org/2.1.8/docs/i18n-interceptor.html)
2. Session attribute
(http://struts.apache.org/2.1.8/docs/i18n-interceptor.html)
3. Browser preference
4. Server side JVM default
The first matching lookup wins.
The type conversion mechanism tries to parse dates and numbers in the
current locale context, thus you should be fine when you ensure that you
have a consistent locale request setting both for the first request
(rendering the form and the current value in the textfield) and the
second request (processing the submitted form).
- René
Wick, Dan schrieb:
I accept your answer, but Struts2 should just handle this! :-(
I guess I'll write a number of helper methods like you did.
-Original Message-
From: Greg Lindholm [mailto:greg.lindh...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:14 AM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: textfield with Date object
(Seems like I just answered this question... but here it is again this
time for Dates)
In my experience it's better to define number (and time) input fields
as String and perform the conversion and validation in your action
using java.text.NumberFormat (and java.text.DateFormat). This puts
you in control of the
process and let's you handle I18N issues that way you want to without
fighting Struts.
I typically have a couple of helper methods I put into the base Action
class that simplify getting the users Locale and DateFormat.
Depending on the app the users Locale may come from a Login object or
the browser request (which Struts can retrieve) or from a cookie.
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Wick, Dan daniel.w...@donaldson.com
wrote:
Does anyone know how to change the format of dates coming in on a
text input being backed by a java.util.Date in the Action? If I enter
dates in US format (ex: 3/31/2010 for March 31, 2010) everything is
fine. This requires a different style input though, using
Day/Month/Year (31/3/2010). I suppose I could take in a string parse
it for a date myself, but I'm wondering if there's a Right way to do
it.
--Dan
-- Snip of jsp page --
Date Of Birth*
s:textfield name=dob required=true tabindex=4 size=30
cssClass=staticBody cssErrorClass=formError/
-- End snip of jsp page --
-- Snip of Action --
private Date dob;
public Date getDob() {
return dob;
}
@RequiredStringValidator(message=Date of Birth is required.,
trim=true)
public void setDob(Date dob) {
this.dob = dob;
}
-- End snip of Action --
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Re: textfield with Date object
Don't get me wrong, I think Struts does the best it can, the problem
is many developers who have never written an I18N app seem to expect
it to just work auto-magically and it doesn't.
One of the issues is the only automatic handling relies on the
browsers accept-language header.
An experience shows that you just cannot rely on the accept-language
header always being present or set correctly.
The developer may put a field on the screen and ask the user to enter
a date yet the application may have no idea what locale that user is
in and thus no idea what properly formatted date should look like.
The best approach for getting a date from the user (if you can't use a
javascript control) is to always specify the format you are expecting.
Enter start date (mm/dd/): [ ]
You can adjust the prompt based on the locale you think the user is
in. So if you think the user is in Canada your en_CA bundle can
specify the prompt like this:
Enter start date (dd/mm/): [ ]
My main point is the developer needs to manage the Locale and let the
user know what is expected and that struts will not handle it
automatically.
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Rene Gielen gie...@it-neering.net wrote:
Hi,
(copied from an earlier thread on numbers)
see
http://struts.apache.org/2.1.8.1/docs/formatting-dates-and-numbers.html
It is important to know that Struts 2 has always a locale context
request for each request, which affects both formating and parsing dates
and numbers. The request locale is determined as follows:
1. Request parameter
(http://struts.apache.org/2.1.8/docs/i18n-interceptor.html)
2. Session attribute
(http://struts.apache.org/2.1.8/docs/i18n-interceptor.html)
3. Browser preference
4. Server side JVM default
The first matching lookup wins.
The type conversion mechanism tries to parse dates and numbers in the
current locale context, thus you should be fine when you ensure that you
have a consistent locale request setting both for the first request
(rendering the form and the current value in the textfield) and the
second request (processing the submitted form).
- René
Wick, Dan schrieb:
I accept your answer, but Struts2 should just handle this! :-(
I guess I'll write a number of helper methods like you did.
-Original Message-
From: Greg Lindholm [mailto:greg.lindh...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:14 AM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: textfield with Date object
(Seems like I just answered this question... but here it is again this
time for Dates)
In my experience it's better to define number (and time) input fields
as String and perform the conversion and validation in your action
using java.text.NumberFormat (and java.text.DateFormat). This puts
you in control of the
process and let's you handle I18N issues that way you want to without
fighting Struts.
I typically have a couple of helper methods I put into the base Action
class that simplify getting the users Locale and DateFormat.
Depending on the app the users Locale may come from a Login object or
the browser request (which Struts can retrieve) or from a cookie.
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Wick, Dan daniel.w...@donaldson.com
wrote:
Does anyone know how to change the format of dates coming in on a
text input being backed by a java.util.Date in the Action? If I enter
dates in US format (ex: 3/31/2010 for March 31, 2010) everything is
fine. This requires a different style input though, using
Day/Month/Year (31/3/2010). I suppose I could take in a string parse
it for a date myself, but I'm wondering if there's a Right way to do
it.
--Dan
-- Snip of jsp page --
Date Of Birth*
s:textfield name=dob required=true tabindex=4 size=30
cssClass=staticBody cssErrorClass=formError/
-- End snip of jsp page --
-- Snip of Action --
private Date dob;
public Date getDob() {
return dob;
}
�...@requiredstringvalidator(message=Date of Birth is required.,
trim=true)
public void setDob(Date dob) {
this.dob = dob;
}
-- End snip of Action --
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Re: textfield with Date object
The same problem as with any localized web app. Typical Struts 2
solution to explicitly switch the locale context:
a href='s:urls:param name=request_locale
value=de_DE/s:url'Switch to German Locale/a
The value will remain throughout the session. Still would not parse the
date manually in the action then.
- René
Greg Lindholm schrieb:
Don't get me wrong, I think Struts does the best it can, the problem
is many developers who have never written an I18N app seem to expect
it to just work auto-magically and it doesn't.
One of the issues is the only automatic handling relies on the
browsers accept-language header.
An experience shows that you just cannot rely on the accept-language
header always being present or set correctly.
The developer may put a field on the screen and ask the user to enter
a date yet the application may have no idea what locale that user is
in and thus no idea what properly formatted date should look like.
The best approach for getting a date from the user (if you can't use a
javascript control) is to always specify the format you are expecting.
Enter start date (mm/dd/): [ ]
You can adjust the prompt based on the locale you think the user is
in. So if you think the user is in Canada your en_CA bundle can
specify the prompt like this:
Enter start date (dd/mm/): [ ]
My main point is the developer needs to manage the Locale and let the
user know what is expected and that struts will not handle it
automatically.
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Rene Gielen gie...@it-neering.net wrote:
Hi,
(copied from an earlier thread on numbers)
see
http://struts.apache.org/2.1.8.1/docs/formatting-dates-and-numbers.html
It is important to know that Struts 2 has always a locale context
request for each request, which affects both formating and parsing dates
and numbers. The request locale is determined as follows:
1. Request parameter
(http://struts.apache.org/2.1.8/docs/i18n-interceptor.html)
2. Session attribute
(http://struts.apache.org/2.1.8/docs/i18n-interceptor.html)
3. Browser preference
4. Server side JVM default
The first matching lookup wins.
The type conversion mechanism tries to parse dates and numbers in the
current locale context, thus you should be fine when you ensure that you
have a consistent locale request setting both for the first request
(rendering the form and the current value in the textfield) and the
second request (processing the submitted form).
- René
Wick, Dan schrieb:
I accept your answer, but Struts2 should just handle this! :-(
I guess I'll write a number of helper methods like you did.
-Original Message-
From: Greg Lindholm [mailto:greg.lindh...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:14 AM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: textfield with Date object
(Seems like I just answered this question... but here it is again this
time for Dates)
In my experience it's better to define number (and time) input fields
as String and perform the conversion and validation in your action
using java.text.NumberFormat (and java.text.DateFormat). This puts
you in control of the
process and let's you handle I18N issues that way you want to without
fighting Struts.
I typically have a couple of helper methods I put into the base Action
class that simplify getting the users Locale and DateFormat.
Depending on the app the users Locale may come from a Login object or
the browser request (which Struts can retrieve) or from a cookie.
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Wick, Dan daniel.w...@donaldson.com
wrote:
Does anyone know how to change the format of dates coming in on a
text input being backed by a java.util.Date in the Action? If I enter
dates in US format (ex: 3/31/2010 for March 31, 2010) everything is
fine. This requires a different style input though, using
Day/Month/Year (31/3/2010). I suppose I could take in a string parse
it for a date myself, but I'm wondering if there's a Right way to do
it.
--Dan
-- Snip of jsp page --
Date Of Birth*
s:textfield name=dob required=true tabindex=4 size=30
cssClass=staticBody cssErrorClass=formError/
-- End snip of jsp page --
-- Snip of Action --
private Date dob;
public Date getDob() {
return dob;
}
@RequiredStringValidator(message=Date of Birth is required.,
trim=true)
public void setDob(Date dob) {
this.dob = dob;
}
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RE: textfield with Date object
That's neato. I can specify the locale in the link to this special page/action
thereby get my date to parse!
Thanks!
Dan
-Original Message-
From: Rene Gielen [mailto:gie...@it-neering.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:21 AM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: textfield with Date object
Hi,
(copied from an earlier thread on numbers)
see
http://struts.apache.org/2.1.8.1/docs/formatting-dates-and-numbers.html
It is important to know that Struts 2 has always a locale context
request for each request, which affects both formating and parsing
dates
and numbers. The request locale is determined as follows:
1. Request parameter
(http://struts.apache.org/2.1.8/docs/i18n-interceptor.html)
2. Session attribute
(http://struts.apache.org/2.1.8/docs/i18n-interceptor.html)
3. Browser preference
4. Server side JVM default
The first matching lookup wins.
The type conversion mechanism tries to parse dates and numbers in the
current locale context, thus you should be fine when you ensure that
you
have a consistent locale request setting both for the first request
(rendering the form and the current value in the textfield) and the
second request (processing the submitted form).
- René
Wick, Dan schrieb:
I accept your answer, but Struts2 should just handle this! :-(
I guess I'll write a number of helper methods like you did.
-Original Message-
From: Greg Lindholm [mailto:greg.lindh...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:14 AM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: textfield with Date object
(Seems like I just answered this question... but here it is again
this
time for Dates)
In my experience it's better to define number (and time) input
fields
as String and perform the conversion and validation in your action
using java.text.NumberFormat (and java.text.DateFormat). This puts
you in control of the
process and let's you handle I18N issues that way you want to
without
fighting Struts.
I typically have a couple of helper methods I put into the base
Action
class that simplify getting the users Locale and DateFormat.
Depending on the app the users Locale may come from a Login object
or
the browser request (which Struts can retrieve) or from a cookie.
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Wick, Dan
daniel.w...@donaldson.com
wrote:
Does anyone know how to change the format of dates coming in on a
text input being backed by a java.util.Date in the Action? If I
enter
dates in US format (ex: 3/31/2010 for March 31, 2010) everything is
fine. This requires a different style input though, using
Day/Month/Year (31/3/2010). I suppose I could take in a string
parse
it for a date myself, but I'm wondering if there's a Right way to do
it.
--Dan
-- Snip of jsp page --
Date Of Birth*
s:textfield name=dob required=true tabindex=4 size=30
cssClass=staticBody cssErrorClass=formError/
-- End snip of jsp page --
-- Snip of Action --
private Date dob;
public Date getDob() {
return dob;
}
@RequiredStringValidator(message=Date of Birth is
required.,
trim=true)
public void setDob(Date dob) {
this.dob = dob;
}
-- End snip of Action --
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Re: textfield with Date object
(Seems like I just answered this question... but here it is again this
time for Dates)
In my experience it's better to define number (and time) input fields
as String and perform the conversion and validation in your action
using java.text.NumberFormat (and java.text.DateFormat). This puts
you in control of the
process and let's you handle I18N issues that way you want to without
fighting Struts.
I typically have a couple of helper methods I put into the base Action
class that simplify getting the users Locale and DateFormat.
Depending on the app the users Locale may come from a Login object or
the browser request (which Struts can retrieve) or from a cookie.
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Wick, Dan daniel.w...@donaldson.com wrote:
Does anyone know how to change the format of dates coming in on a text input
being backed by a java.util.Date in the Action? If I enter dates in US
format (ex: 3/31/2010 for March 31, 2010) everything is fine. This requires
a different style input though, using Day/Month/Year (31/3/2010). I suppose
I could take in a string parse it for a date myself, but I'm wondering if
there's a Right way to do it.
--Dan
-- Snip of jsp page --
Date Of Birth*
s:textfield name=dob required=true tabindex=4 size=30
cssClass=staticBody cssErrorClass=formError/
-- End snip of jsp page --
-- Snip of Action --
private Date dob;
public Date getDob() {
return dob;
}
�...@requiredstringvalidator(message=Date of Birth is required.,
trim=true)
public void setDob(Date dob) {
this.dob = dob;
}
-- End snip of Action --
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