Hello, I am new to Struts 2, so please bear with me. I am looking at implementing a custom StrutsTypeConverter. I want it to be a "global" converter (no just specific to an Action). If I'm understanding it correctly, to implement this I create an xwork-conversion.properties file, and the format of this file is like this: com.domain.SomeCustomType=com.domain.SomeCustomTypeConverter where SomeCustomTypeConverter implements StrutsTypeConverter. First question: Is this correct? Next question: How well does this handle subclassing? Here's what I mean: Suppose I have an abstract com.domain.SomeAbstractClass type that has many subclasses, and it's these subclasses that I actually need to convert. I want to have an entry like this in xwork-conversion.properties: com.domain.SomeAbstractClass=com.domain.SomeAbstractClassConverter Where SomeAbstractClassConverter is smart enough to convert any instance of SomeAbstractClass. For this to happen, the Class that is sent to the convertFromString method must be the class of the actual SomeAbstractClass subclass, not the SomeAbstractClass. Is this what happens at runtime? Is the class that is sent to convertFromString the actual class that is being converted, or the class that is listed in the .properties file? Will Struts2 use the SomeAbstractClass converter for a subclass of SomeAbstractClass even if it's not explicity defined in the .properties file? Thank you!! -Ryan
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