This seems lazy. A ColdFusion developer should never have to worry about looking up Javadocs unless he chooses to use Java objects. It would seem much more sensible to return a struct with all the information you may need, like every other ColdFusion function that returns complex data.
But good point about the time zone data. I was just converting them into ColdFusion Date "objects" using the Locale-specific DateFormat class (in Java) + LSParseDate, but I might have missed something... Shane Farmer wrote: > On 11/6/06, Scott Arbeitman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > When calling certain web services, ColdFusion is giving me back > > java.util.GregorianCalendar instances. Why on Earth would they > > implement it this way instead of wrapping them in Date/Time objects? > > > Hi Scott, > > They would have done it like this to have time zone information included in > the object. java.util.Date does not contain any details about the timezone > for which it the date represents. The calendar on the other hand does. If > you want a Date object, call getTime(). Just keep in mind that this will > attempt to do timezone conversions for you. If you get some weirdness in the > times, the conversions are most likely what is messing with them as they are > a little flaky at times (seems to be a buggy class). > > It could be worse... I have been working with a web service where currency > amounts are just wrapped in a float. > > HTH > Shane > > ------=_Part_45262_4513149.1162805354407 > Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 > X-Google-AttachSize: 1312 > > <br> > <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/6/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Scott > Arbeitman</b> <<a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL > PROTECTED]</a>> wrote:</span> > <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px > 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br>When calling certain web services, > ColdFusion is giving me back<br>java.util.GregorianCalendar instances. Why on > Earth would they > <br>implement it this way instead of wrapping them in Date/Time > objects?</blockquote> > <div> </div> > <div>Hi Scott,</div> > <div> </div> > <div>They would have done it like this to have time zone information > included in the object. java.util.Date does not contain any details about the > timezone for which it the date represents. The calendar on the other hand > does. If you want a Date object, call getTime(). Just keep in mind that this > will attempt to do timezone conversions for you. If you get some weirdness in > the times, the conversions are most likely what is messing with them as they > are a little flaky at times (seems to be a buggy class). > </div> > <div> </div> > <div>It could be worse... I have been working with a web service where > currency amounts are just wrapped in a float.</div> > <div> </div> > <div>HTH</div> > <div>Shane</div><br> </div> > > ------=_Part_45262_4513149.1162805354407-- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
