Bugs item #1453022, was opened at 2006-03-18 08:07 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=684975&aid=1453022&group_id=119783
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: core Group: 1.3 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Eelco Hillenius (eelco12) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: simplify converters Initial Comment: We get a lot of questions about Wicket's conversion. It is too hard to use currently, due to it's generic structure. This genericity is not needed for our purpose - it will always be conversions from string - some object and back again, and it is a serious limitation that there is no way to tell whether a conversion is for an input value (setModelObject) or an output value (getModelAsString). For instance, you can't implement a converter that converts from one string to another, e.g. shifting a mask. It can be argued that that is not an actual type conversion, but the net result is that if you want to do things like that you have to provide a custom converter anyway for the output values, and override FormInput.getInput() for the input values. I think we should consider to change to an interface with two methods, e.g. stringToValue and valueToString. Using that interface might be less elegant in some ways, but otoh it is more focussed on our purpose, and it will be more straightforward to use. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=684975&aid=1453022&group_id=119783 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Wicket-develop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-develop
