I am planning to use the struts validator.... if I'm hearing you right... this is the process?
In ActionForm: String StartDate; String End Date;
In Struts Validator: validate the strings against a RegEx datetime mask
In Action:
1) Convert my Event ValueObject (VO)'s date values to strings when populating the ActionForm.
1) Parse the strings to convert back to date when going from Form to VO....
Is there a struts technology that will help in this conversion... (from string to java.util.Date). I always could just use the java.util classes, but I'm guessing this is a common problem with a common solution.
Thanks again, Aaron
Andrew Hill wrote:
1.) Yes (I even do this for true/false checkboxes!) 2.) See #1.
For my dates Im using several fields (d,m,y etc...) and some javascript to extract/concatenate into a hidden field in the format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss , but its pretty ugly and I dont like it much (luckily only have one place I need to enter dates so far!). If you search around you can also find some nice js calendar controls (and there should be some opensource tags for it somewhere).
If you want to avoid JS, best bet might be a simple text field where the user enters it in a certain format which you validate (storing in AF as String). If your using the struts validator I believe it has date support - and may even extend to some user friendly client side js support as well, though Ive not used it so dont know how far it goes.
-----Original Message----- From: Aaron Longwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 2 June 2003 23:39 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
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