[Springframework-developer] Re: Map entries with non String key

[Guillaume P. <gpo...@gl...>]

Hi Spring folks,

Is is planned to change the DTD to allow beans for map keys?

Guillaume

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guillaume Poirier" <gpo...@gl...>
To: <spr...@li...>
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Springframework-user] Map entries with non String key


> There was a thread about it a few months ago, but I never saw any decision 
> made, nor anything changed on the DTD.
>
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.springframework.devel/4568
>
> Guillaume
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christophe Roudet" <cr...@ac...>
> To: <spr...@li...>
> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 3:02 PM
> Subject: [Springframework-user] Map entries with non String key
>
>
>> Is there a way to specify the type of the key in a map entry?
>> It seems that keys are always processed as Strings.
>>
>> <property name="mapProperty">
>>  <map>
>>    <entry key="9"> <!-- an integer -->
>>      <value>just some string</value>
>>    </entry>
>>    <entry key="Bean1"> <!-- a Bean -->
>>       <ref bean="Bean2"/>
>>    </entry>
>>  </map>
>> </property>
>>
>> Christophe