I just added my patches into Scarab.  TTWS28 & TTWS29

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jake Fear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 11:50 AM
> To: Turbine Users List
> Subject: Re: turbine 2.2 in CVS
> 
> 
> Understood, thanks for clearing that up.  Will this functionality be 
> rolled into the 2.2.1 or 2.3 releases when they are finalized?  Also, 
> one last thing while we are on the topic and I will cease to 
> pester you 
> about this.  In looking at the DateStringValidator I think I 
> discovered 
> a problem.  In the 'public Date parse(String) throws ParseException' 
> method I believe there is a bug in the 2_2 branch, and perhaps it has 
> been resolved.  If you have specified a list (1 or more) formats all 
> exceptions are ignored during the parse, which makes sense.  
> However, if 
> you have specified formats then the default df variable will will be 
> null, and the final attempt to format with that instance 
> variable will 
> not be executed.  Thus, the local date variable is null and 
> is returned 
> as such.  It seems that instead it should throw and 
> exception.  I have 
> patched it as such on my machine, and it seems to give the expected 
> behavior.  I have pasted the method below.  I posted this 
> before, but I 
> got now response on it.  If I am off base, could you tell me 
> how?  The 
> code I added is at the bottom, right before the return statement.
> 
>     public Date parse(String s)
>         throws ParseException
>     {
>         Date date = null;
> 
>         if (s == null)
>         {
>             throw new ParseException("Input string was null", -1);
>         }
> 
>         for (int i = 0; i < dateFormats.size(); i++)
>         {
>             sdf.applyPattern((String)dateFormats.get(i));
> 
>             try
>             {
>                 date = sdf.parse(s);
>             }
>             catch (ParseException e)
>             {
>                 // ignore
>                 e.printStackTrace();
>             }
> 
>             if (date != null)
>             {
>                 break;
>             }
>         }
> 
>         if ((date == null) && (df != null))
>         {
>             date = df.parse(s);
>         }
> 
>         if (date == null)
>         {
>             throw new ParseException("Could not match to any 
> format", -1);
>         }
> 
>         return date;
>     }
> 
> 
> Quinton McCombs wrote:
> 
> >The only way that you will get that functionality right now is to 
> >switch to the fulcrum version.  Within the next few days, it will 
> >should be available in T 2.2 HEAD.  I have completed my work on the 
> >service.  I am just waiting for scarab to become available so that I 
> >can post the patches.
> >
> >If you can wait, the new version will have updated docs 
> (including an 
> >updated and commented DTD).  Exception handling and 
> reporting has also 
> >been improved.  A few bug fixes have also been implemented.  If you 
> >look through the messages on the list over the past 2 - 3 days, you 
> >will find a more complete list of the changes being made.
> >
> >  
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Jake Fear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >>Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 11:33 AM
> >>To: Turbine Users List
> >>Subject: Re: turbine 2.2 in CVS
> >>
> >>
> >>I am not seeing this behavior in my own application.  I
> >>checked out from 
> >>the branch names TURBINE_2_2_BRANCH and the DateStringField 
> does not 
> >>override the toString() method in that code line.  Perhaps I 
> >>am "barking 
> >>up the wrong branch." ;-)  Thinking this might be the case I also 
> >>grabbed the HEAD tag to see if it lived there.  No such luck. 
> >> Can you 
> >>please tell me where I can grab this functionality.  It does 
> >>sound like 
> >>I would be reinventing the wheel for the most part.
> >>
> >>Cheers,
> >>Jake
> >>
> >>Quinton McCombs wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>There is something close to this for the DateString field.  The
> >>>toString() method will use the first format rule for the field to
> >>>format the date.  This is actually in the Fulcrum version 
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>which I have
> >>    
> >>
> >>>just completed back porting to T2.2.
> >>>
> >>>What would be ideal is one definition (formatter/mask) that
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>is used for
> >>    
> >>
> >>>both validation and display.  This is what I really like
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>about the way
> >>    
> >>
> >>>that the DatString field is implemented.  It used the first
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>format mask
> >>    
> >>
> >>>for display.  You can still have other masks that will allow other
> >>>formats for the input.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: Jake Fear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >>>>Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 2:09 AM
> >>>>To: Turbine Users List
> >>>>Subject: Re: turbine 2.2 in CVS
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>I'm considering adding the capability to specify a 
> formatter for a 
> >>>>field.  I don't want to dupliate any effort.  Can you tell me if 
> >>>>anyone else is working on such a feature already? It does not
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>appear like it 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>would be difficult, provided a few assumptions.
> >>>>1.) There is no need to have several formatters for a field, 
> >>>>one should 
> >>>>always suffice.
> >>>>2.) Specifying a formatter is optional.
> >>>>3.) If a formatter is specified, it will be used in the 
> >>>>toString() call 
> >>>>of the Field class.  If not formatter is specified, the 
> >>>>current behavior 
> >>>>will be used.
> >>>>
> >>>>I think this is a good way to remain backward compatible and have
> >>>>minimum impact on the API, while at the same time allow those 
> >>>>who want 
> >>>>to leverage the solution to do so with little or now code 
> >>>>change (they 
> >>>>may need to rip out any existing solutions to use this one).  The 
> >>>>implementation would be similar to that for rules, only 
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>significantly 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>simpler.  I think this really completes the "Field" 
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>abstraction, and 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>simplifies the writing of templates that must deal with dates, 
> >>>>currencies and the like.
> >>>>
> >>>>Cheers,
> >>>>Jake
> >>>>
> >>>>Quinton McCombs wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>The DTD is out of date.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>>>From: Jake Fear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >>>>>>Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 1:55 AM
> >>>>>>To: Turbine Users List
> >>>>>>Subject: turbine 2.2 in CVS
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>I am building from the 2.2 branch in CVS.  Can anyone tell
> >>>>>>       
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>            
> >>>>>>
> >>>>me why the
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>>displayName attribute of an intake group does not appear in the
> >>>>>>intake.dtd?  I actually rely on this attribute, and I am 
> >>>>>>       
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>            
> >>>>>>
> >>>>concerned it
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>>may be removed from future versions of the product.  Perhaps
> >>>>>>it is very 
> >>>>>>new and only appears in the code.   In any instance, I have 
> >>>>>>       
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>            
> >>>>>>
> >>>>added it
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>>myself, and the implementing code seems to work fine.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Jake
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