BeanUtils.copyProperties(formBean, javaBean) not converting String dates to java.util.Date dates

[Clayson, Jim]

Hi,

Struts1.1b2: BeanUtils.copyProperties(formBean, javaBean) not converting
String properties into Dates:

I am trying to figure out what is wrong with what I am doing. I have a form
bean with date string properties (from and to) which I would like to copy
into a javabean class. When I print out some debug statements, I can see the
string values i.e. 04/09/2002 and 19/09/2002, but the same properties (which
are named the same and have identicale getters and setters) in the javaBean
class show null after I do:

BeanUtils.copyProperties(formBean, javaBean);


Can anyone help me out?

Jim



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help please: Validator basic use

[Clayson, Jim]

Hi I am attempting to use the date validation provided by the framework - I
am using struts1.1b2.

I think I must be missing something fairly fundamental but maybe someone
will be able to confirm what that is. The problem is when I enter garbage
into the form's date fields and submit them, I get no errors. How does one
usually display the errors when using the validator framework.

I have my validator-rules.xml and validation.xml config files in my
application's web-inf dir.

Their relevent contents are as follows:

validator-rules.xml

  

 
 

  

 and validation.xml:

   
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  

I have my action's validate attribute set to "true".

Are the above setup correctly?

Thanks
Jim




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RE: help please: Validator basic use

[Clayson, Jim]

Hi,

I eventually got it to work. I had not seen the example struts-validator.war
and when I did some comparisons, I found that I was misinterpreting the way
in which the form validation was defined in validation.xml.

Its working now - thanks for the input!

Jim

-Original Message-
From: Padma Ginnaram [mailto:padma.ginnaram@;s1.com]
Sent: 17 October 2002 22:43
To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Subject: RE: help please: Validator basic use


Try applying a simple validator like required to one of your form fields, if
it does not work verify the following.

1. name used in the validation resource file matches the name in your action
mapping
2. validate set to true in your action mapping
3. your form extends ValidatorActionForm, and if you have any custom
validation in your form, you  don't ignore the errors returned by
super.validate.

If the problem is only with date validator, are you entering this garbage
after you enter a valid date?

The date validator that comes with struts1.1 uses a short pattern (M/d/YY
for en_US) if you do not explicitly pass a valid date. It does not do strict
parsing by default unless you specify pattern using the variable
datePatternStrict.

If you want to implement strict date parsing with out having to specify this
pattern, write your own pluggable validator and check for the parse position

DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, locale);   
df.setLenient(false);  
  
ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
Object obj = df.parseObject(value, pos);
if (pos.getIndex() == 0)
  throw new ParseException("Unparseable value: \"" + value + "\"" ,
pos.getErrorIndex());
if (pos.getIndex() < value.length())
  throw new ParseException("Unparseable value: \"" + value + "\"" ,
              pos.getIndex());

-Original Message-
From: Clayson, Jim [mailto:Jim.Clayson@;centrica.co.uk]
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 9:05 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: help please: Validator basic use


Hi I am attempting to use the date validation provided by the framework - I
am using struts1.1b2.

I think I must be missing something fairly fundamental but maybe someone
will be able to confirm what that is. The problem is when I enter garbage
into the form's date fields and submit them, I get no errors. How does one
usually display the errors when using the validator framework.

I have my validator-rules.xml and validation.xml config files in my
application's web-inf dir.

Their relevent contents are as follows:

validator-rules.xml

  

 
 

  

 and validation.xml:

   
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  

I have my action's validate attribute set to "true".

Are the above setup correctly?

Thanks
Jim




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