On Feb 24, 2010, at 1:41 PM, Adam Heath wrote: > 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.
As interesting as your ideas are about how things should work, that isn't the problem here. -David
