Since I just wrestled greatly with this particular beast, my $.02 follows.
Subclass whatever flavor of ActionForm you use, and give it a method with a
footprint like-
java.util.Date StringToDate(String)
{
}
This way you can do something like this in your action:
public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping,
ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception
{
Myform mf = (Myform) form;
BizObject bo = new BizObject();
String dateText = mf.getDateString();
bo.setDate(mf.StringToDate(dateText);
// etc
}
This works very well unless internationalizing your app because the converter
needs a DateFormat defined to read the String correctly. And I am, so I need
to come up with something.
I don't suppose there is a version of BeanUtils that lets the user pass a
DateFormat into copyProperties :-)???
-Joe
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: RE: Handling Date objects in ActionForm gracefully
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> +1
> I also suggest this approach to keep the date as string
> during posts and convert them to date object when porcessing
> the entered dates, surely not in the Form.
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> Depends on what you really want to achieve. Would suggest
> the KISS rule..:-)
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> "Robert Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 03/25/2004 08:53:31 PM
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Lowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 2:36 PM
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> > Subject: Re: Handling Date objects in ActionForm gracefully
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> > Have it as a string and convert it to a date or calendar
> when you pass
> > it back to the model.
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> >
> > On 25 Mar 2004, at 20:28, Sreenivasa Chadalavada wrote:
> >
> > > All,
> > >
> > > We are facing a problem when we define java.util.Date field in
> > > ActionForm.
> > >
> > > Is there any way to override the default behavior provided by
> > > Struts?
> > >
> > > I very much appreciate your help!!
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> > > Thanks and Regards,
> > > Sree/-
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