On 12/15/05, Hubert Rabago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've always used String values.
But that above is the problem - you can't always have String values returned to you in nested objects from the domain-layer, backend, mid-tier, etc. When you query the backend for value objects that have nested objects inside of them, you can be sure those will have all String fields in them. (I guess you could if you decided to rewrite the whole backend/midtier but that's just not feasible or a good idea. Why if you already have existing code working great wtih iBATIS, hibernate, or EJBs should you have to try and re-write all you POJOs to have String properties included in the objects. That would be a maintenance nightmare and not even really practical). So the question is how do you deal with the objects that come to you from the backend that do not have all String properties and you need to update them from the front end. I'm yet to see a clean solution for this, but I'm still on my search:) -- Rick
