1) Having it that way is definetly the easiest/safest route to go. Check out BeanUtils (jakarta commons) for BeanUtils and PropertyUtils. They will help do the conversion to the types you need for you. 2) Same as above. There are alot of other date practices that work. Check the archives to see some other solutions. -Tim
-----Original Message----- From: Aaron Longwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 11:39 AM To: Struts User List Subject: Newbie.... Best Practices for ActionForms I am beginning my first Struts project with this setup: mySQL Database Tomcat 4 OJB (ObjectRelationalBridge) My questions: 1) What is the best practice for the properties in an ActionForm bean? Because HTTP sends everything from forms as strings, do I make all properties Strings, then convert them in the Action (after validating of course)? 2) I am using a mySQL DateTime column in the database. What is the best practice for editing these values via Struts? Do I put a java.util.Date proeprty in the Action form? Or do I use a String (as in Q #1) and then do a conversion in the Action? I am building an event manager... so the StartDate (actually StartDateTime) and EndDate (EndDateTime) are central to this application. I have not seen any examples of people editing DateTime or even Date values in a struts application. Could someone with experiece in this area give me a brief explanation of the recommended workflow for editing dates? Thanks, Aaron Longwell --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
