Yup, formatKey is pretty handy. We use it to format dates. But <bean:write> tag seems to do this only when converting from non-String data type to String datatype. What I have is a String '123456789'. One solution is to probably convert this to Integer and that will force it to use a number formatter.
But <bean:message> seems to convert String to String too. And therefore the curiosity!
Thanks!
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Ah, I guess I misunderstood your previous post. Maybe this will help you along?
<snip> Use the formatKey attribute if you want to pull it from message resources. Have a look at java.text.DecimalFormat for an explanation of formatting patterns for decimal numbers. </snip>
The above code came from http://www.junlu.com/msg/45833.html. I didn't even know that this was possible. Lets see if I need it some day!
Andreas
-----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- Von: Kumar M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. Marz 2004 17:30 An: Struts Users Mailing List Betreff: Re: AW: bean:message format ssn
Thanks for your replies.
There seems to be a way to format using <bean:message>. If you look at the following article from Ted Husted:
http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=915891
From the article:
"ordering.authorized.range.staff=Staff is only authorized to requisition supplies that cost less than ${0,number} USD"
would convert argument 0 to the number format. Isn't that nice!
I was wondering if there is anyway we could extend this for things like ssn. I am looking at the MessageFormat class and all but was wondering if some one has come across this already.
Thanks!
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Hi Kumar,for
when you look at the documentation for bean:write
(http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/struts-bean.html#write) you can
find that it allows formating. Bean:message looks like it does not support
this feature - which kind of makes sense when you consider what its used
(lookup of strings in the resources -> supporting parameterized replacement).
The format of the format string is something like
<snip> - <tr> - <td><%= pageContext.getAttribute("test7.value") %></td> - <td>[#,000.00] <bean:write name="test7.value" format="#,000.00"/></td> - <td>[<bean:message key="format.pattern" />] <bean:write name="test7.value" formatKey="format.pattern"/></td> - </tr> </snip>
The preceeding code came from http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg20743.html
Andreas
-----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- Von: Kumar M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. Marz 2004 16:45 An: Struts Users Mailing List Betreff: bean:message format ssn
Hi all,
I am wondering if there is an easy way to format the ssnn. What I have is a String '123456789' but the users would like to see '123-45-6789'. Is there an easy way of doing this using bean:write or bean:message or any other tag?
Thanks!!
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