"Vic Cekvenich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Let's try again:
> :-)
> http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/struts-html.html#text
> This does not let me localize or format.
>
> Lets say I have a bean that has a #, String getStartDate().
>
> If I sometimes use this bean on a read only page, I could do JSP FMT to
> format and localize.
>
> I sometime want to use the same bean on a R/W form submit page.
> String getStartDate(), hut html:text does not format or localize. The
> traditional approach I used was to format to native types inside the
> setters/getters.
>
> Point is I can't format a localize in html:text, but can in JSTL.
OK, now I see what you're saying. I was also assuming <html:text> had a
feature it turns out not to have
(yet ;). Still, you could do it like this, although it's a bit ugly:
<fmt:formatDate var="temp" value="${yourFormBean.startDate}" ... />
<html-el:text value="${temp}" ... />
--
Martin Cooper
>
> So the only place is in the bean, inside the getStartDate() {}.
>
> The other alternative is to copy.
>
> And I must have misunderstood what you were saying, but I think I now
> understand the issues surouding it enough.
>
> .V
>
>
>
> Martin Cooper wrote:
> > "Vic Cekvenich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > b2uf0d$5gb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:b2uf0d$5gb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> >>I would like to format in the JSP if possible (for both).
> >>
> >>Let me just restate what I think you are saying:
> >>"Since JSTL can format strings, allways format and localize in the
> >>formBean".
> >
> >
> > No, that doesn't make any sense. I'm saying "Since JSTL can format
strings,
> > always format and localise in the JSP page". I don't understand why you
need
> > to do any of it in the bean, hence my last message.
> >
> >
> >>So as you point out, I can format and localize both in the bean. (Ex:
> >>formBean.setLocale(x) )
> >
> >
> > Um, I didn't point that out at all.
> >
> > --
> > Martin Cooper
> >
> >
> >
> >>So probably a better choice.
> >>
> >>But... since I like how the FMT tag works.... not sure what "best"
> >>approach is. I almost want to cross post to JSPTag-user, see if Geary is
> >>around. but it's really not that big a deal.
> >>A student in a class asked why this was and I was stuttering, so I
> >>posted to get it of my chest and maybe as a wish list for HTML-EL tag.
> >>
> >>You and Ted pointed out some things however.
> >>
> >>.V
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Martin Cooper wrote:
> >>
> >>>"Vic Cekvenich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >>>b2u5oq$p8b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:b2u5oq$p8b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Thanks as always Ted and Martin.
> >>>>I would still have to format the number in the bean for Form, and
> >>>>localize dates (for the Candian dates), etc in the bean class. If the
> >>>>page is read only, I would format in JSP.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I guess I don't understand. Why do you need to do formatting in the
> >
> > bean,
> >
> >>>and why is it different if the page is read-only? You should be able to
> >
> > use
> >
> >>>JSTL to do this in either case.
> >>>
> >>>--
> >>>Martin Cooper
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>So far getAge() and
> >>>>getAgeInt() look ok. I wonder which way the faces tag will work.
> >>>>(yes, if know, if I copied data for the form bean .... but if I have
> >>>>nested and multi row and many to many, it's kind of a pain; one day I
> >>>>will write reflection with dynaRowSet to clone nesting, localize,
format
> >>>>and put in basicPortal)
> >>>>.V
> >>>>
> >>>>Martin Cooper wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>"Vic Cekvenich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >>>>>b2t728$t7c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:b2t728$t7c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>I have been nudging people toiwards JSTL.
> >>>>>>A nice feature is FMT tag that formats the number, date, etc. in the
> >>>>>>JSP. FMT tag needs the formBeans to return int!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>No, it does not. If you provide a string to the format tags, such as
> >>>>><fmt:formatNumber>, it will convert it to the appropriate numeric
type.
> >>>
> >>>Try
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>the following:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>----- cut here -----
> >>>>><%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/fmt"; %>
> >>>>>
> >>>>><%
> >>>>> request.setAttribute("foo", "1234567890");
> >>>>>%>
> >>>>>
> >>>>><fmt:formatNumber value="${foo}" type="currency"/>
> >>>>>----- cut here -----
> >>>>>
> >>>>>To avoid any question of what other JSTL tags might be doing, I've
> >>>>>explicitly stored a string in a request attribute. The output from
the
> >>>
> >>>above
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>page is:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>$1,234,567,890.00
> >>>>>
> >>>>>The <fmt:formatNumber> tag did its job just fine when passed a string
> >>>>>instead of an integer.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>--
> >>>>>Martin Cooper
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>So if one does a FORM for updates you create formbean with String
> >>>>>>getAge(), and number formated in Java before returning the String.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>If then you just want to display the # (no update) you need to
create
> >
> > a
> >
> >>>>>>bean with int getAge(), and FMT it in JSP.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>So return int for JSTL and String for formBean.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>A prefered solution is that HTML tag is able to do formating like
FMT
> >>>
> >>>tag.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>.V
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Also, it be nice if tiles was able to do some EL, or have a nicer
way
> >
> > of
> >
> >>>>>>FORWARDING to diferent JSP from the tile action one day.
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