At 08:08 11/5/01 -0700, Dmitri Plotnikov wrote:
>1. We could introduce a registration mechanism for
>custom type converters. BeanUtils would then invoke
>these type converters one after another until it found
>one that could do the job. The interface of the
>converter could be something like:
>
> public interface TypeConverter {
> boolean canConvert(Class from, Class to);
> Object convert(Object from, Class to)
> throws ConversionException;
> }
>
>The registration mechanism could either be static
>(which I don't think would be cool) or it could be
>dynamic, with a registry of converters passed to
>BeanUtils in the methods calls. In a web app, the
>registry could be hosted by the application context,
>in Struts - ActionServlet.
JFYI - thats the method we will most likely implement for ant2 and the
myrmidon proposal already has this implemented.
Cheers,
Pete
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