On Feb 24, 2010, at 2:01 PM, Adam Heath wrote: > David E Jones wrote: >> 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. > > Um, converting the passed value to a string, then converting it back, > is not a problem?
I don't know if it's a "problem" or not. My point is, it has absolutely nothing to do with the problem I brought up here, in that no change made there could fix the problem that this thread is about. I'll write more in response to Adrian's comments. -David
