Yes, I found the discussion in the users list and will now change my behaviour :-)
/ Tomas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 5:53 PM Subject: Re: Display request parameter instead of bean property? > > > On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Tomas Viberg wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 13:15:20 +0200 > > From: Tomas Viberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Display request parameter instead of bean property? > > > > Hello, > > > > I've been thinking... Wouldn't it be a good idea that some form fields > > (text, textarea, etc.), could display the value of the request parameter > > instead of the bean property under some circumstances. One example when > > this would be nice is when the conversion of the input value to the > > target type fails. For instance, if I enter '1.0' in a form field mapped > > to a bean property of type int, the field contains '0' when it is > > redisplayed. In this case, I think it would be better if it displayed > > the (invalid) value entered by the user. > > > > That is why your form bean properties should generally be strings, and you > should do the conversion to int later (creating an error message if > conversion fails). > > > Anybody agree/disagree? > > > > Regards, > > Tomas Viberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Craig > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
