On 2012-10-19, at 5:50 PM, Pascal Robert wrote:
>
> Le 2012-10-19 à 20:04, Paul Hoadley <[email protected]> a écrit :
>
>> On 20/10/2012, at 9:21 AM, Pascal Robert <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm working on ERGroupware, and I was wondering if I should use
>>> NSTimestamp. I started using it to make it more "WO friendly" but I have to
>>> fu**ing convert everything because the dates for ical4j, Zimbra and MS
>>> Exchange expect a java.util.Date or java.util.Calendar, hence the need to
>>> create or convert NSTimestamp.
>>>
>>> So the question: for new frameworks that will go in Wonder, should we keep
>>> using NSTimestamp or should we use something else?
>>
>> If you're talking about code internal to your new framework, then presumably
>> it doesn't matter. But if it's code that's going to interface with existing
>> frameworks, aren't you creating an interoperability problem given that every
>> existing framework uses NSTimestamp? What am I missing here?
>
> It's mainly « external ». The thing is that I have classes that regroup all
> attributes of a iCalendar file, an appointment or task in Zimbra (SOAP API)
> or Exchange Web Services. Of source, those 3 sources use different date time
> classes… And I end up with things like:
>
> NSTimestamp eventStartDate = event.startTime();
> Calendar startDate = GregorianCalendar.getInstance();
> startDate.setTime(eventStartDate);
> calendarItem.setStart(startDate);
Just also expose the equivalent java.util.Date or java.util.Calendar as well:
Calendar startDate =
GregorianCalendar.getInstance().setTimeInMillis(event.time().getMillis());
calendarItem.setStart(startDate);
>
> But the question is mainly about if we should move away from NSTimestamp in
> new frameworks for Wonder, or should we move to something else, for « exposed
> » date time attributes (that is, attributes that would be editable in a
> WOTextField, by REST, etc.).
I'd avoid NSTimestampFormatter, but I don't see that it is practical to get rid
of NSTimestamp.
Chuck
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