If you use something like the BooleanUtils class from commons-lang, much of the technical aspects of conversion from strings to boolean values is done for you. All you need is a simple converter wrapper and a taglib.
As this is such a common requirement I'm surprised that no one has pushed one into the Tomahawk build. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Kienenberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 12:40 PM To: MyFaces Discussion Subject: Re: General Converter Question Yes, this should work. I have the same issue, but I generally deal with it by converting the String type to a boolean type at the database layer level. But there's no reason you can't create a converter. You'll need to manually assign it each place it is used, but that's probably what you want to do anyway in this case. On 4/27/06, Frank Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it possible to bind a h:selectBooleanCheckbox component to a String > field? The string field is coming out of the db as a Y or N value. > This is existing code used in a lot of places, and I can't change it. > It should have been stored in the object as a boolean or Boolean, but > I can't change that now. > > Any ideas on how to do this? I've read about using converter's, but > they don't seem to apply here, unless I have to write my own. I'd > rather use a standard one if I can. > > Thanks... > > > > Frank Russo > Senior Developer > FX Alliance, LLC > 900 Third Avenue, 3rd Floor > New York, NY 10022 > 646.268.9949 >
