I have defined a simple POJO and type converter shown here:
// Model POJO
public class SiteSelection {
private String type;
private String label;
private List<Long> ids = new ArrayList<Long>();
/* getter & setters */
}
// Converter
public class SiteSelectionTypeConverter extends StrutsTypeConverter {
@Override
public Object convertFromString(Map context, String[] values,
Class toClass) {
/* converts values[0] from
'{type}:{comma-separted list of ids} */
}
@Override
public String convertToString(Map context, Object object) {
/* converts object to string using format
'{type}:{comma-separated list of ids} */
}
}
// Action
public class SomeAction extends ActionSupport implements Preparable {
private List<SiteSelection> siteSelections;
private SiteSelection selectedSite;
/* getter & setters */
}
In the JSP, I have used the select tag as follows
<s:select name="selectedSite" list="siteSelections" />
The type converters get used and the select is populated with the appropriate
key/value pairs. The problem is when I take a specific entry in the
siteSelections and set it on the selectedSite property during the initial
render or populate selectedSite and re-render the input page during say a
validation failure, the select tag doesn't apply the "selected" attribute on
any options.
This seems to be an issue with how parameters.nameValue is being determined in
the taglib java code and the fact that the template compares this parameter
against itemKey rather than itemKeyStr. In the case of using type conversion,
the itemKey is something like "com.app.SiteSelection@2b3a51e" where as
itemKeyStr is "A:1,2,3".
Can someone explain to me what was the intended way to use TypeConverter
implementations with a select tag? The only way I've been able to hack around
this issue is
<s:set var="selectedSiteStr" value="selectedSite" />
<s:select name="selectedSite" value="#selectedSiteStr" list="siteSelections"
template="my-custom-select" />
and modifying the select.ftl line 107 from:
<#if tag.contains(parameters.nameValue, itemKey) == true>
To:
<#if tag.contains(parameters.nameValue, itemKeyStr) == true>
But I'm not sure what side effects such a change would have.
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Chris Cranford
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