Can I apply the below to the facelet taglib as is? I'm trying it now, so hopefully...
Frank Russo Senior Developer FX Alliance, LLC -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthias Wessendorf Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 1:17 PM To: MyFaces Discussion Subject: Re: General Converter Question taken from TLD file <snip> <!-- Converter for Boolean values --> <tag> <name>convertBoolean</name> <tag-class>org.apache.myfaces.custom.convertboolean.ConvertBooleanTag</t ag-class> <display-name>Boolean Converter</display-name> <description>Converts a boolean to custom format (yes/no), (1/0), etc.</description> <attribute> <name>trueValue</name> <required>false</required> <description>Value representing a boolean true, e.g. TRUE, yes, 1, etc.</description> </attribute> <attribute> <name>falseValue</name> <required>false</required> <description>Value representing a boolean false, e.g. FALSE, no, 0, etc.</description> </attribute> </tag> </snip> On 4/27/06, Frank Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's it exactly. Is it as simple as putting <s:convertBoolean > trueValue="Y" falseValue="N"/> in my page? > > Frank Russo > Senior Developer > FX Alliance, LLC > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Matthias Wessendorf > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 12:54 PM > To: MyFaces Discussion > Subject: Re: General Converter Question > > Frank- > > perhaps [1] is useful to you > > -Matthias > > [1] > http://myfaces.apache.org/sandbox/apidocs/org/apache/myfaces/custom/co > nv > ertboolean/BooleanConverter.html > > On 4/27/06, Mike Kienenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > -- > Matthias Wessendorf > Aechterhoek 18 > 48282 Emsdetten > http://jroller.com/page/mwessendorf > mwessendorf-at-gmail-dot-com > > > > -- Matthias Wessendorf Aechterhoek 18 48282 Emsdetten http://jroller.com/page/mwessendorf mwessendorf-at-gmail-dot-com
