RE: Conceptual question about populating/validating values

2003-09-17 Thread Bygrave, Graham BGI UK
t and use the shutdown / restart with session restoration to test if my apps are serializable. Edgar > -Original Message- > From: Bygrave, Graham BGI UK > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 8:06 AM > To: Struts Developers List > Subject:

RE: Conceptual question about populating/validating values

2003-09-17 Thread Bygrave, Graham BGI UK
be a better starting point. Edgar > -Original Message- > From: Bygrave, Graham BGI UK > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 6:53 AM > To: Struts Developers List > Subject: RE: Conceptual question about populating/validating values > &

RE: Conceptual question about populating/validating values

2003-09-17 Thread Bygrave, Graham BGI UK
I hit the same problem. I don't like having two fields (string and type specific) as you have to sync. them and it bloats your objects out. I don't like the idea of having two suites of objects, it's just more work. I don't like not using the validator either. I made some minor modifications to

Integrating data type conversion and page validation.

2003-08-27 Thread Bygrave, Graham BGI UK
I'm trying to convert string posts into type specific java objects for pushing straight into my database. I don't want the hastle/bloat of maintaining two suites of objects/fields one with strings, one with type specific objects. I can see how to use ConvertUtils to map strings to objects, and ex