form bean variable type conversions

[Ko...@ubsw.com]

Hi,

Quick question: if I have a html:text element in a JSP, can I map it to form bean variable of type int, expecting an automatic type conversion from String to int, or must all form bean variables be of type String?

Cheers,

Kosh 

Re: form bean variable type conversions

[Ted Husted <hu...@apache.org>]

It will convert fine, so long as you have both clever and kind users who
never enter letters in a numeric field. 

ActionForms are character buffers for the HTML elements. Once the data
is collected and validated, then you should convert and/or transform it. 

But since HTML and HTTP are string based, so should your ActionForms be.

-- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY US
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Kosh.Podder@ubsw.com wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Quick question: if I have a html:text element in a JSP, can I map it to form bean variable of type int, expecting an automatic type conversion from String to int, or must all form bean variables be of type String?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Kosh

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