what about 2 getters and setters. one the deals in pig latin and one that deals in english that has to translate on a get (maybe you don't need the set).
bp > -----Original Message----- > From: Becky Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 5:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: formatting test in prepopulated form > > > Hi all... > Can't find anything about this anywhere, thought i'd ask... > > I am storing a piece of data in a special format. So, for > a bizarre > example, I store a name in pig latin in the database. When I > display the > name, I want it to show up formatted properly. Trouble is, > this is in a > form, and i want to format it inside a struts html:text box. > > So in the database I store the name as "onjhae ithsmae". I > populate my form > with the value name="onjhae ithsmae". I have a custom tag > that if I do > something like this.... > <mytags:format><bean:write name="myform" > property="name"/></mytags:format> > > will print out "John Smith". > > Problem is when I want the user to be able to edit their name > in a form, and > I want to prepopulate the form, I end up with a dilemma. I > want to keep the > name in pig latin in my form, and only want to display it in > English. > They'll enter it in English, but I'll translate it back to > pig latin in the > validate method or the action. So if I already have > <html:text name="myform" property="name"/>, how do I use my > tag to format > the text? I don't think I can even do > > <html:text name="myform" property="name"> > <mytags:format> > <%=myform.getName()%> > </mytags:format> > </html:text> > > > I'm using Struts 1.0. Is there a way to do this, or do I > have to do all > sorts of weird conversion back and forth??? > > Any suggestions greatly appreciated. > Thanks!!! > Becky > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
