Okay, that works. Do you think my approach to use a converter is appropriate or should I do it in another place (like validation)?
Thanks for your input, Lon On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 9:46 PM, Martin Makundi < martin.maku...@koodaripalvelut.com> wrote: > We have made an utility method that uses reflection to set rawinput, and > have found this very useful. > > You set both rawInput and rawInputArray > > ** > Martin > > 2016-07-26 1:18 GMT+03:00 Lon Varscsak <lon.varsc...@gmail.com>: > > > Okay, so I have a need…I’m sure I’m going to get “why are you doing > that?”, > > but I have this need regardless and here’s what it is… :D > > > > User inputs “VALUEA”, I want to look up something in the database for > > “VALUEA”, and if conditions are met, replace that with “VALUEB” and > > continue with validation for the new value. However, the only way I can > > see to do this would be to update the *rawInput* value, which I do not > have > > access to as a subclass (it’s private). > > > > So instead, I tried writing a converter, and it generally behaves as I > want > > (it validates “VALUEB”), however if there’s a validation error on > “VALUEB” > > the rawInput is still “VALUEA”…so it’s a little confusing to the user. > > > > I’m not sure that using a converter is the “right” approach, but it’s the > > closest I’ve come to a solution. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Lon > > >
