Are you sure they do? Or is it just recognizing that it's a Collection and
treating it appropriately for a Collection of Objects?
(*Chris*)
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Jukka Välimaa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Sounds reasonable, thanks for the answer. But why do the generics used in
> java collections work with type conversion, and generics in my custom class
> won't?
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Chris Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >wrote:
>
> > My bet is that, because Struts uses run-time introspection to determine
> how
> > to pass the parameters, and the new Java Generics use type erasure to
> > ensure
> > backward portability, what Struts see's isn't your generic type, it's an
> > Object. So it passes in the unconverted value that it got from
> > Request.getParameters(), which is a String Array.
> > (*Chris*)
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Jukka Välimaa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have the following problem which I think is caused by Struts 2 type
> > > conversion.
> > >
> > > I have a class I use to wrap a map for easier interface with view:
> > >
> > > public class ObjectWeekHandler<T> {
> > > private Map<WeekDayEntry, T> weekDayObjects = new
> > HashMap<WeekDayEntry,
> > > T>();
> > >
> > > public Map<WeekDayEntry, T> getWeekDayObjects() {
> > > return weekDayObjects;
> > > }
> > >
> > > public void setWeekDayObjects(Map<WeekDayEntry, T> weekDayObjects) {
> > > this.weekDayObjects = weekDayObjects;
> > > }
> > >
> > > public T getEvenMonObject() {
> > > return weekDayObjects.get(WeekDayEntry.EVEN_MONDAY);
> > > }
> > >
> > > public void setEvenMonObject(T evenMonObject) {
> > > weekDayObjects.put(WeekDayEntry.EVEN_MONDAY, evenMonObject);
> > > }
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > I use this class in my action class to get strings for various
> weekdays:
> > > private ObjectWeekHandler<String> weekDayTruckIds = new
> > > ObjectWeekHandler<String>();
> > >
> > > public ObjectWeekHandler<String> getWeekDayIds() {
> > > return weekDayIds;
> > > }
> > >
> > > When I send the request, the parameters are of this type:
> > > weekDayIds.evenMonObject=-1
> > >
> > > If I understand the workings of Struts 2 type conversion correctly, it
> > > should call getWeekDayIds.setEvenMonObject(type converted parameter
> > value).
> > > This is indeed what happens, but instead of setting the parameter as
> > > String,
> > > it is set as String array. The same thing happens if I parameterize
> > > weekDayIds as weekDayIds<Long>.
> > >
> > > I have an ugly workaround in place- I cast the supposed String value I
> > get
> > > from getEvenMonObject into Object and then into String[], and get the
> > first
> > > value. It works, but I certainly don't like it. Does anyone have an
> idea
> > > what might be wrong and how to fix it?
> > >
> >
>
