If your options are well known (if you were going to use a switch they are), create a Map with the strings as the key and the integer as the value, store in application scope; load them from a properties file or some other source; this will give you more flexibility.
Would that work? A little bit more coding, but useful in the end. >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Kamholz, Keith (corp-staff) USX [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 11:52 AM >>To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' >>Subject: RE: switch statement >> >>Because having descriptive values for parameters helps make your code more >>understandable, both for yourself and for others. >> >>It's not a big deal, I'll just use the if statements. >> >> >>Keith Kamholz >>Programming and Architecture >>Moog Inc. >> >>Phone: (716) 687-7001 >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Yee, Richard K,,DMDCWEST [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 11:49 AM >>To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' >>Subject: RE: switch statement >> >> >>Why don't you send a parameter that can be converted into an int then? >> >>-Richard >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Kamholz, Keith (corp-staff) USX [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 8:42 AM >>> To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' >>> Subject: RE: switch statement >>> >>> The reason I wanted to do this was to make my Action classes cleaner. I >>> send a parameter to the Action to determine which item to pull from a >>> database, then forward to a certain page. >>> >>> I didn't think I could get the switch to work, it was worth a try though. >>> For a situation like mine, what do you all find to be the best way of >>> doing >>> this? I know I can use a series of if statements, it's just not very >>> pretty... >>> >>> >>> Keith Kamholz >>> Programming and Architecture >>> Moog Inc. >>> >>> Phone: (716) 687-7001 >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Erik Price [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 11:38 AM >>> To: Struts Users Mailing List >>> Subject: Re: switch statement >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Kamholz, Keith (corp-staff) USX wrote: >>> > Hey everyone, >>> > This is more of a Java question than a Struts question, I hope you all >>> don't >>> > mind. >>> >>> Not really, but for future reference I have found this resource to be >>> more helpful for such questions: >>> >>> http://forum.java.sun.com/forum.jsp?forum=31 >>> >>> > I'm just wondering if there is any way to use a String for a switch >>> > statement, or if you are restricted to the true primitive types. >>> > I haven't found a way, but it seems like something that lots of people >>> would >>> > want that wouldn't be hard for the Java developers to allow for. >>> > Wouldn't you agree? >>> >>> The reason why it doesn't work is probably specific to the >>> implementation of the language (maybe performance reasons), but a lot of >>> people don't miss it -- nor would they agree, I suspect. The reason is >>> that you can usually add behaviors to objects so that a single >>> polymorphic method call can usually eliminate all of the infrastructural >>> work of writing a switch statement, so doing a switch on an object >>> doens't make much sense in that context. Of course, this is not >>> applicable in all senses, such as your case with String which is final.... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Erik >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
