Did you enable static method access? The default may have changed. (Is there a reason the default formatting tags aren't being used? Or the JSTL format tags?)
Dave On Thursday, July 21, 2011, Asleson, Ryan <ryan.asle...@biworldwide.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > We are attempting to upgrade our application from Struts2 version 2.0.11.2 to > the current version, 2.2.3. As part of the upgrade, OGNL was upgraded from > version 2.7.3 to version 3.0.1. > > Our JSPs make use of OGNL to call static methods on classes to help with > formatting. Here's an example: > > <s:property value="@com.example.DateUtils@toDate(promotion.startDate)" /> > > The DateUtils class has a static toDate method that takes in the passed in > promotion.startDate object (which is likely a java.sql.Date) and converts it > to a java.util.Date. It does that so that s:property can properly and > uniformly format the date for display. > > This had worked before the upgrade from 2.0.11.2 to 2.2.3. After the > upgrade, it no longer works and the s:property tag doesn't output anything. > I put some logging statements in the toDate method and it looks like the > toDate method is never being called in the first place. > > One thing to note is that the DateUtils has two overloaded static toDate > methods: one that takes a String, and the other that takes a Date (or one of > its subclasses). This doesn't seem to make any difference as I've tried > changing the method name (and the corresponding OGNL expression) and it still > failed to work. > > On this page: > > http://struts.apache.org/2.2.3/docs/version-notes-211.html > > I see this note in the "Backward compatibility issues with previous versions" > section: > > OGNL method calls like "text(key)" now invoke "text(String)" instead of > "getText(String)". This affects method calls only, not properties. Some OGNL > expressions may need to be updated. > > I'm wondering if this is what is affecting me? If so, how do I update the > OGNL expression so that it works? I've tried a few things like adding #attr. > or simply # to the front of "promotion.startDate" but that didn't seem to > work. > > Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!!!! > > -Ryan > > > > Ryan Asleson | Application Architect > BI | Technology Solutions Group > www.biworldwide.com<http://www.biworldwide.com> > > Please consider the environment before printing. > > > This e-mail message is being sent solely for use by the intended recipient(s) > and may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, > disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient, please contact the sender by phone or reply by e-mail, delete the > original message and destroy all copies. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
