I think I am going to write my own. After experimenting with the date time picker it only seems to convert the date if its in this format mm/dd/yy. In my application the user can choose their own date format. When I have a format like 1 May 2009, the datetime picker value does not get converted. It is expecting to set a String instead of a Date. I am still trying to get my own converter to work right. If I get something written I will share it with the group.
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Zoran Avtarovski <zo...@sparecreative.com> wrote: > That¹s exactly right but sometimes you want to use a format that isn¹t the > short format for the locale and I suspect that¹s what is happening with > Richard. > > He has two choices, either configure his date time picker to produce the > date in the required format, or as suggested write your own converter. My > only concern with Matt¹s version is that the conversion exception is buried > which will have implications for validation. > > Z. > > >> >> Hi Richard, >> >> Have a look at http://struts.apache.org/2.1.6/docs/type-conversion.html >> It says that "dates - uses the SHORT format for the Locale associated with >> the >> current request" >> >> May be this will help. >> >> Thank you. >> Regards, >> Kishan.G >> >> Senior Software Engineer. >> www.spansystems.com >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Richard Sayre [mailto:richardsa...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 4:14 PM >> To: Struts Users Mailing List >> Subject: Re: Submitting a Date to an Action >> >> Thank you. I will give it a try. >> >> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:22 AM, Matt Jiang <matt.ji...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Hi >>> > >>> > It is nothing about date picker tag. You can have a Converter to convert >>> > String to Date and vice versa. >>> > Below is my implementation for your reference: >>> > (For DateUtil, please replace with yours) >>> > >>> > public class DateConverter extends StrutsTypeConverter { >>> > >>> > private static final String PATTERN = DateUtil.PATTERN_YYYY_MM_DD; >>> > >>> > �...@override >>> > /** >>> > * Converts one or more String values to the specified class. >>> > * >>> > * @param context the action context >>> > * @param values the String values to be converted, such as those >>> > submitted from an HTML form >>> > * @param toClass the class to convert to >>> > * @return the converted object >>> > */ >>> > public Object convertFromString(Map context, String[] values, Class >>> > toClass) { >>> > >>> > Date returnObject = null; >>> > String value = values[0]; >>> > if (value != null && !value.trim().equals("")) { >>> > try { >>> > returnObject = DateUtil.parseDate(value, PATTERN); >>> > } catch (ParseException e) { >>> > // Just to ignore the parse exception >>> > } >>> > } >>> > return returnObject; >>> > } >>> > >>> > �...@override >>> > /** >>> > * Converts the specified object to a String. >>> > * >>> > * @param context the action context >>> > * @param o the object to be converted >>> > * @return the converted String >>> > */ >>> > public String convertToString(Map context, Object o) { >>> > >>> > Date date = (Date) o; >>> > String formatedDate = DateUtil.dateFormater(date, PATTERN); >>> > return formatedDate; >>> > } >>> > } >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:19 AM, Richard Sayre >>> <richardsa...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> > >>>> >> I have an Action with a date attribute >>>> >> >>>> >> private Date myDate; >>>> >> >>>> >> public void setMyDate(Date myDate) { >>>> >> this.myDate = myDate; >>>> >> } >>>> >> >>>> >> I have a form that has a date picker (not the struts 2 date picker) >>>> >> that populates a text field. When I submitt the form to my action the >>>> >> property does not get set because Struts 2 is looking for >>>> >> setMyDate(String myDate). >>>> >> >>>> >> How do I tell Struts that the field is a Date? >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> Thank you, >>>> >> >>>> >> Rich >>>> >> >>>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >>>> >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org >>>> >> >>>> >> >>> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
