You can register a new converter for your data types http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/beanutils/api/org/apache/commons/bea nutils/ConvertUtils.html#register(org.apache.commons.beanutils.Convert er, java.lang.Class)
You will need to build a RoleConverter, that has access to your Role objetcs, and does convertion based on string roleName. Nico. > > Am i right in that BeanUtil can only copy basic data types and not > complex data types that i have created myself? Presumably if I have a > form that allows changing a user's role ( which is of type Role ) i need > to compare the string roleName returned by the form with a cache of > possible role objects and if one exists with that name assign it to the > user manually. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
