PropertyUtils is part of the commons-beanutils lib, included in the Struts release.
It will require some testing, but you can do stuff like: OrderVO order = new OrderVO(); PropertyUtils.copyProperties(actionForm, order); Do some JUnit tests locally to make sure it does the conversions properly, but it's the easiest route if it works in your case. -jacob -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Longwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 11:12 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Where to do TextConversion? I'm not really considering sending the action form to the db tier. I am using Strings for all properties in the ActionForm.... I'm considering adding getter methods to the ActionForm to clean up the code in my Action. PropertyUtils is a Struts class, right? Will it do currency text->float conversion of properties? Thanks, Aaron So I can do: BusinessObject.setPrice(form.getPrice()) Hookom, Jacob wrote: >Your ActionForms should never be passed to your DB layer... ActionForms >should have strict String attributes and in your Action, take care of >mapping your Business Beans to your ActionForms and visa versa-- two >similar, but separate objects. PropertyUtils works nicely. > >Jacob > >-----Original Message----- >From: Aaron Longwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 11:00 AM >To: Struts-User >Subject: Where to do TextConversion? > > >Struts Users, > >I'm adding some currency fields to an ActionForm in struts. The data is >stored as float in the database. I'm wondering where to do conversion >between a "$6.70" that's displayed to the user on the form, and the 6.7 >that's stored in the database. Should I use the java.util classes in the >Action? Or should I add a: > >setPrice(java.lang.Float) >getPrice java.lang.Float() > >to the ActionForm... and handle conversion within the ActionForm methods? > >I may be suffering from a case of the Mondays... but I can't seem to >think which would be better or more appropriate. I am nearly finished >with this, my first Struts project. > >Thanks, >Aaron > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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]
