On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Joe Germuska wrote:
> Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 11:03:41 -0600 > From: Joe Germuska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Jakarta Commons Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [beanutils] default converters for File and URL? > > >So once a DateConverter is made, is the 'proper' way to handle the > >"YY/DD/MM" style thing to have a custom Locale? Or should I pursue the > >idea of optional arguments being settable on converters? > > I think this has some promise. After all, I can imagine using it via > a digester rule like > <set-property property="startDate" value="2003-04-04" > format="yyyy-MM-dd" /> This was part of the use case that started > our whole discussion. I think setting a format explicitly is much > safer than counting on Locales. > The interesting part of this issue (and why there's no default DateConverter) is deciding what String format to use by default. I would have leaned towards YYYY-MM-DD because that's what java.sql.Date does, but it's not particularly user friendly for input fields. > Joe Craig --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
