I would put it in validation method for that attribute. I use validation to 
validate and throw, or if it makes sense, coerce a value to an acceptable value 
in a way that would not surprise the user.

On Jul 7, 2013, at 3:13 AM, Theodore Petrosky <[email protected]> wrote:

> Where do you put this logic?
> 
> I want to trim() text before it is saved to the backend. In the past I would 
> put an accessor method on my EO that returned the associated text trimmed. 
> But I thought I would ask.
> 
> Do you trim before you save or handle it after the fact? I have cases that 
> after a text area has been edited 100 times over  months/years, there may be 
> quite a few extra cr/lfs at the end of the text. This makes formatting pdfs 
> in Jasper Reports unhappy.
> 
> Ted
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