The new version of ConvertUtils (from commons-beanutils) changed this
behavior from what was observed in Struts 1.0. To restore the previous
default, you need to download a very recent nightly build of 1.1 and set
up a servlet initialization parameter "convertNull" with value "true" for
the controller servlet.
Craig
On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Brian Knorr wrote:
> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 15:34:25 -0500
> From: Brian Knorr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Long property defaulting to zero
>
>
> We just upgraded from struts 1.0 to struts1.1beta and are encountering an issue with
>some properties on our forms. If the value being set and returned is a wrapper type
>like Long, struts is setting the default value to zero instead of null... for example:
>
> public Long getAccountNumber() {
> return accountNumber;
> }
>
> public void setAccountNumber(Long accountNumber) {
> this.accountNumber = accountNumber;
> }
>
> If on our form we have a hidden field <html:hidden property="accountNumber"/> and
>when load the form the value for this "empty", but when we submit the form, struts
>sets the value to zero. Is this correct or should it be null? Regardless, does
>anyone know how to configure struts so that the default value is null rather than
>zero?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Brian
>
>
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