[WIKI-UPDATE] WoodySample Tue Jul 15 17:00:04 2003

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Page: http://wiki.cocoondev.org/Wiki.jsp?page=WoodySample , version: 2 on Tue Jul 15 14:36:33 2003 by BrunoDumon

- A field widget can be associated with a datatype. The function of the datatype is to convert the string value entered by the user to a more specific type like a number or a date (and vice versa, convert them back to strings). The datatype will also perform the validation. (This split-up between "widget" and "datatype" is specific for the field widget -- it is perfectly possible to make widgets that have nothing to do with datatypes). In this way, a field widget contains strongly-typed data. For example, if you associated a "long" datatype with a field widget, then you can be sure that when you retrieve the widget's value, you will get a Long object (that is, if the form was validated successfully).
+ A field widget can be associated with a datatype. The function of the datatype is to convert the string value entered by the user to a more specific type like a number or a date (and vice versa, convert them back to strings) (this part is now delegated to a seperate object: a Convertor). The datatype will also perform the validation. (This split-up between "widget" and "datatype" is specific for the field widget -- it is perfectly possible to make widgets that have nothing to do with datatypes). In this way, a field widget contains strongly-typed data. For example, if you associated a "long" datatype with a field widget, then you can be sure that when you retrieve the widget's value, you will get a Long object (that is, if the form was validated successfully).
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