Something you can allways do, is to define a parallel set of getter/setter in your bean with type java.util.Date that internally does the conversion.
public Date getStartDate() { return start.toDate(); } public void setStartDate(Date start) { this.start = new DateTime( start) ; } Si quieres ser más positivo, pierde un electrón Miguel Ruiz Velasco S. On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 09:46, Brian Pontarelli <br...@pontarelli.com> wrote: > Date is pretty much deprecated except for a way to carry a long primitive > around because of the TZ and conversions it lacks. It fails in some cases > and most of the core API on Date is deprecated. Most folks should be using > Calendar for date and time correctness if they don't want to use Joda and > stick with the JDK classes. Calendar however is very clunky and mutable. > Therefore, most people I know that need to internationalize or localize use > Joda because it is correct, simple and immutable. Also, something very > similar to the Joda date/time API is probably going to be in Java 8.0 or > something like that via JSR 310, unless it gets squashed or no one pushes it > forward. Even still, Joda is the benchmark these days for a date/time API. > > -bp > > On Dec 16, 2008, at 3:30 PM, Martin Cooper wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Andreas Joseph Krogh >> <andr...@officenet.no>wrote: >> >>> On Tuesday 16 December 2008 23:14:50 Musachy Barroso wrote: >>>> >>>> It doesn't mean that it will convert from string to a joda object, it >>>> means that it will convert a string in ISO 8601 format, to a Date >>>> object. The patch in that ticket used joda lib to create the ISO 8601, >>>> if I don't remember wrong. >>> >>> Ok, so you're saying that Struts2 (even in trunk) is unable to handle >>> joda-time dates out of the box? That's a pitty. In 2008, is anyone >>> actually >>> using pure java.util.Date anymore? >> >> >> I was wondering the opposite - are enough people using Joda Time to make >> it >> worth the support / time / energy in S2? Everyone I know is, in fact, >> using >> java.util.Date. >> >> -- >> Martin Cooper >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> Previously I've created container-objects to wrap joda-classes, which >>> works >>> but shouldn't be necessary. I kind of hoped that Struts-2 in its most >>> modern >>> form (trunk) included converters for the most common object-types. I >>> think, >>> for what it's worth, the ticket is missleading and that it should be >>> commented somewhere that Struts-2.1 will not support joda-time. >>> >>> I know this sounds kind of rant-ish, but there are so many good things >>> about Struts2 that missing out-of-the-box joda-support is kind of hard to >>> swallow... >>> >>> -- >>> Andreas Joseph Krogh <andr...@officenet.no> >>> Senior Software Developer / CEO >>> ------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ >>> OfficeNet AS | The most difficult thing in the world is to | >>> Karenslyst Allé 11 | know how to do a thing and to watch | >>> PO. Box 529 Skøyen | somebody else doing it wrong, without | >>> 0214 Oslo | comment. | >>> NORWAY | | >>> Tlf: +47 24 15 38 90 | | >>> Fax: +47 24 15 38 91 | | >>> Mobile: +47 909 56 963 | | >>> ------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@struts.apache.org >>> >>> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@struts.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@struts.apache.org