Adam Heath wrote: > David E Jones wrote: >> An update on this problem: It looks like it is another time zone issue, or >> in other words another spot that doesn't manage time zones consistently (I >> won't say correctly, because I'm not sure if that applies here... partly >> because I'm not sure if I like the way that OFBiz handles time zones right >> now). >> >> In any case, for demonstration purposes here is code that works: >> >> <set field="fromDate" from-field="parameters.fromDate" type="Timestamp"/> >> <entity-one entity-name="ProductFeatureAndAppl" >> value-field="productFeatureAndAppl" auto-field-map="false"> >> <field-map field-name="productId" from-field="parameters.productId"/> >> <field-map field-name="productFeatureId" >> from-field="parameters.productFeatureId"/> >> <field-map field-name="fromDate" from-field="fromDate"/> >> </entity-one> >> >> Here is code that does not work, but should: >> >> <entity-one entity-name="ProductFeatureAndAppl" >> value-field="productFeatureAndAppl" auto-field-map="false"> >> <field-map field-name="productId" from-field="parameters.productId"/> >> <field-map field-name="productFeatureId" >> from-field="parameters.productFeatureId"/> >> <field-map field-name="fromDate" from-field="parameters.fromDate"/> >> </entity-one> > > At a guess, <field-map> is converting the value to a String, then > taking that and converting it back to the correct object, based on the > entity model definition. It shouldn't do this conversion at all. > > Upon looking at entity/finder/*, I see lots of instances of FSE; this > means there is the same problem as I discovered previously, you can't > fetch anything but strings using FSE. > > I have a feature implemented to fix that, but it's not quite correct, > as it doesn't handle nulls very well(might be the reponsibility of the > calling location to auto-convert null to ""). >
Yeah, exactly this. EntityFinderUtil.expandFieldMapToContact calls FSE.expandString, when evaluating the fieldMap. That is the bug, pure and simple.
