On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Tomas Viberg wrote:
> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 13:15:20 +0200
> From: Tomas Viberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Display request parameter instead of bean property?
>
> Hello,
>
> I've been thinking... Wouldn't it be a good idea that some form fields
> (text, textarea, etc.), could display the value of the request parameter
> instead of the bean property under some circumstances. One example when
> this would be nice is when the conversion of the input value to the
> target type fails. For instance, if I enter '1.0' in a form field mapped
> to a bean property of type int, the field contains '0' when it is
> redisplayed. In this case, I think it would be better if it displayed
> the (invalid) value entered by the user.
>
That is why your form bean properties should generally be strings, and you
should do the conversion to int later (creating an error message if
conversion fails).
> Anybody agree/disagree?
>
> Regards,
> Tomas Viberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
Craig
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