Hubert, what�s the status of this component? Is it only under development or are you testing it in a real application? Another question, once it�s finished, what about sending your component?
Thanks Giovani Salvador ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hubert Rabago" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 6:01 PM Subject: Re: html:text and converter > I'm working on a plug-in which addresses some of the concerns you have. The > plug-in is supposed to: > > 1. define dyna action forms based on your DTO without you having to create > <form-bean> entries in struts-config > 2. allow you to initialize your dyna form using values from a DTO you provide > 3. handle the formatting of the values to be shown and the parsing of the > formatted values upon submission > > So if your form's field closely matches your DTO, you won't have to create an > equivalent form bean, nor would you have to write code to copy properties from > one to the other, nor would you have to write code to format properties like > dates or money. Well, for the most part anyway. It supposed to be lightweight > (so far looking like it'll be a jar file below 50k, not that that's the only > criteria). > > Then again, it still works with form beans underneath. You just won't have to > deal with them directly in your actions, while still being able to format/parse > the data (and validate through validator). > > > --- Giovani Salvador <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Don�t worry Hubert....well, i will try explain more detailed.... > > > > I have a jsp page with the following tag > > > > <html:text name="projeto" property="dtIniRealProjeto" maxlength="10" > > size="10" /> > > > > Ok, the attribute "name" means that my object has the name "projeto". It�s a > > DTO that an action class > > put in the request. > > Well, the html:text will render an input text catching the value from the > > "dtIniRealProjeto" attribute of my object > > "project". But this attribute is of Calendar type. Then, what appear in the > > browser is the instance representation of > > this calendar, no the date values. So i want to format this values before > > presentation and make the html:text show > > the formatted data. > > > > That�s the problem, one solution could be using the action form but if i > > have a DTO with the values, why must i have to > > copy all values back to Action Form? Don�t you thin this is time-consuming, > > cpu-consuming, memory-consuming? > > > > I think the major question is: > > How can i use the html:text to get value from an object (DTO or Action Form) > > and FORMAT it???? > > > > I have seen in the archives many questions and no real answer. > > > > Thanks > > > > Giovani Salvador > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Hubert Rabago" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 4:27 PM > > Subject: Re: html:text and converter > > > > > > > Yes, that last msg wasn't much help. Maybe if you provide a bigger > > picture of > > > the situation, other folks can give you alternatives. Or at least help > > convince > > > you of the advantages to using AFs. > > > > > > --- Hubert Rabago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Perhaps it's time to consider using AFs. :) > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Giovani Salvador <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The problem is that i am not showing the data with the action form. I > > use > > > > > the html:text to read > > > > > directly from my DTO and, unfortunatly, no conversion is made. :( > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Giovani Salvador > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Hubert Rabago" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 3:14 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: html:text and converter > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You'll have to format the data that you're passing to your > > ActionForm. If > > > > > you're > > > > > > extending from ActionForm (but not using a Dyna form), perhaps you > > can > > > > > format the > > > > > > data in your setField() method, or before returning from a > > getField() > > > > > method. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Giovani Salvador <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to force that html:text call a converter? My > > problem is > > > > > that i > > > > > > > am trying to format > > > > > > > a date before showing it with html:text tag and a possible way is > > to > > > > > pass by > > > > > > > the StringConverter class, > > > > > > > for example. By debugging the jakarta commons beans i perceveid > > that > > > > > this call > > > > > > > is not made. Any tip > > > > > > > on how to force passing by the StringConverter? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Giovani Salvador > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes > > > > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! 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