Re: [Webwork-devel] Handling dates in webwork

[<ma...@sm...>]

Sounds like a JIRA entry ;-).

On Tue, 18 June 2002, "Patrick Lightbody" wrote

> 
> OK, so basically we're back to the same problem
> 
> If I change:
> 
> <ui:textfield label="'Date'" name="'objDate'"
value="formatDate"/>
> 
> to:
> 
> <ui:textfield label="'Date'" name="'objDate'"/>
> 
> Then the output in the textbox will be:
> "Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 PDT 2003" (which is the output
of toString()).
> 
> But the expected input must still be "MM/dd/yyyy".
This all relates back to
> the problem that PropertyEditors only work using
setAsText, but not
> getAsText (which they really should!). Rickard shot
down this suggestion
> many many times, but I'd like to throw it out one
more time :)
> 
> -Pat
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ma...@sm...>
> To: <pli...@ho...>
> Cc: <web...@li...>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 2:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Webwork-devel] Handling dates in webwork
> 
> 
> > The property is set from a default DateEditor that
is
> > used. WW defines a handful of these in util/editor.
Of
> > course, you can use your own custom property editor.
> > The formatDate() routine is just a helper to format
the
> > date the way you want. WW could have an implicit
> > conversion. I guess I need more feedback to
establish
> > the best default case.
> >
> > -Matt
> >
> > On Tue, 18 June 2002, "Patrick Lightbody" wrote
> >
> > >
> > > So the key is this line:
> > >
> > > <ui:textfield label="'Date'" name="'objDate'"
> > value="formatDate"/>
> > >
> > > Where formateDate() is a method in BeanUtilTest
that
> > converts the Date to a
> > > String. I'm still a bit confused how the property
is
> > _set_, but whatever.
> > > Either way, why should we have to do all this?
> > Couldn't webwork natively
> > > handle this conversion based on the locale and
some
> > BeanUtil.properties
> > > file?
> > >
> > > -Pat
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <ma...@sm...>
> > > To: <pli...@ho...>
> > > Cc: <web...@li...>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 2:19 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Webwork-devel] Handling dates in
webwork
> > >
> > >
> > > > Take a look at the BeanUtil test page.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 18 June 2002, "Patrick Lightbody" wrote
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Can someone tell me how/if date handling is
> > possible
> > > > like so:
> > > > >
> > > > > public FooAction extends ActionSupport {
> > > > >  public Date getSomeDate() { .. }
> > > > >  public void setSomeDate(Date someDate) { ...
}
> > > > >
> > > > >  ...
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > Now I want the date input to be done by using
an
> > HTML
> > > > textfield that uses
> > > > > the format "MM/dd/yyyy". How can I get this
> > string to
> > > > be automatically
> > > > > converted to a date on input, but also
> > automatically
> > > > converted back to a
> > > > > string on output/error? Last time I brought
this
> > up,
> > > > setAsText worked great,
> > > > > but getAsText was non-functional. I was told
that
> > > > there were other ways
> > > > > around this (Rickard I believe told me), but
then
> > I
> > > > think the resolution was
> > > > > that the best way to do this was to actually
use
> > > > String as the property
> > > > > value and convert it inside the action. Seems
> > rather
> > > > ugly to me... Any way
> > > > > that i18n can help here?
> > > > >
> > > > > -Pat
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> >
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