Make your beans use java.util.Date. Use <fmt:*> jsp tags for output.
In your forms, pick a date format, then on the backend, do the conversion from string to date - spring does most of that for you, IIRC. Larry On 10/11/06, Ou, Stan (Mission Systems) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi all, I've an application that integrates Spring and iBatis with an Oracle backend. We were using Oracle's bc4j before we made the switch. Since our dates are persisted to the db in a different format from what we display on the jsp, what would be the best approach to do the conversion? The most straightforward way I think is use a util class to do the conversion in the getter/setter of the pojo but I'll have to make the pojo's setter smart enough to know whether I'm reading from the db or being bound to a form by Spring, something along this line: If reading from db for display on jsp convert from db to gui format If being bound to Spring form and then persisted to db convert from gui to db format The same goes for the getter. Our pojos are auto generated, so any logic added will get wiped out if someone regenerates the pojo. Can anyone shed some lights on this? Any suggestions are welcomed. Thanks. Stan
