Hi Ben,
Option (1) sounds very reasonable for me. Such a tag could be useful
in many circumstances...
cheers
Kai
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Absender: Ben Gunter
Datum: 26.05.2007 19:03
> I knew there had to be more to this story :)
>
> As it turns out, if you use s:param in the form:
>
> <s:param name="x">${someObject}</s:param>
>
> Then the tag's body content is only available as a String. There's no
> way to apply a formatter to it because it gets evaluated ahead of time
> by the JSP engine. On the other hand...
>
> <s:param name="x" value="${someObject}" />
>
> Does pass the Object into setValue so a Formatter could be used there.
> The problem with that is that the s:param tag is expected to pass the
> original Object value to its parent tag, not necessarily just a String.
> That means it's up to the parent tag to format it correctly. And the
> problem with /that/ is that some formatters require a format pattern
> and/or format type, and that bit of information might be different for
> each parameter.
>
> So we're left with a few choices...
>
> 1. Add a new tag <s:format value="" [var=""] [formatType=""]
> [formatPattern=""] />. One could then use it like <s:param
> name="x"><s:format value="${someObject}" /></s:param>
> 2. Add some new attributes to s:param, such as format="true",
> formatType="whatever" and formatPattern="whatever". format="true"
> would be assumed if either formatType or formatPattern were
> non-null. If formatType and formatPattern are not applicable for a
> given parameter, then format="true" would be required as the
> default would be false.
> 3. Do nothing. I don't like this idea :)
>
> I really like option (1). This would be a good idea because it is useful
> in many different situations and allows developers to take full
> advantage of Stripes' formatting capabilities from within their JSPs.
> Imagine this, given a Person class with firstName and lastName properties:
>
> * <s:format formatType="lastNameFirst" value="${person}" /> --
> Gunter, Ben
> * <s:format formatType="normal" value="${person}" /> -- Ben Gunter
> * <s:format value="${person}" /> -- the primary key of the object,
> which is the default format
>
>
> I'll do this if nobody is opposed to the idea. It solves the s:param
> problem nicely and provides lots of other useful capabilities.
>
> -Ben
>
> Jeppe Cramon wrote:
>> No, I agree :)
>>
>> /Jeppe
>>
>>
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>>> Subject: [Stripes-dev] stripes:param should use formatters when possible
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>>> Does anybody disagree with this?
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>>> http://mc4j.org/jira/browse/STS-374
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