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http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17750 bean:message could be more power with little effort Summary: bean:message could be more power with little effort Product: Struts Version: 1.1 RC1 Platform: All OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: Other Component: Custom Tags AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A lot of power in the bean:message taglib is lost because the setters/getters for the arg0 though arg4 take java.lang.String arguments instead of java.lang.Object. This is because it makes it impossible to pass a subclass of java.lang.Number as one of the arguments. For example if in my app's Message.properties I have the property: how.many.messages={0,choice,0#No messages|1#One message|1<Lots of messages} and I use the bean:message taglib in the following way: <bean:message key="how.many.messages" arg0="<%= "12" %>"/> The java.text.ChoiceFormat fails in the method java.text.NumberFormat.format(Object,StringBuffer,FieldPosition) with a "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot format given Object as a Number" because "12" is a string and not a subclass of Number. If I use the bean:message taglib in the following way: <bean:message key="how.many.messages" arg0="<%= new Integer(12) %>"/> The JSP fails to compile because there is no way to cast an Integer to a String. I really wish it wasn't so but I understand it's probably too late in the game to get this change made by Struts 1.1. It would be nice that if in the documentation a note is added mentioning that the bean:message taglib only allows only very simplistic parametric replacement so people like myself don't assume we have access to the full power of java.text.MessageFormat and waste a few hours trying to figure out why things are breaking. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
