The Struts <bean:write> tag offers a format attribute (or formatKey if you want to use a resource file). But JSTL would be a better option if you can use it in your environment.
Steve http://www.ninsky.com/struts/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Sasha Borodin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: August 27, 2003 8:43 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Formatting form data inside the *view* (JSP's) > > > Thought I'd throw this out in the middle of the week again... > > Kind of a conceptual question: how do you format Dates, Numbers, > Currencies, etc. for *form fields* inside the JSP? > > I know I could do in in the ActionForm getters, but: > 1. I don't know the locate of the user at that point > 2. I'd have to recompile the ActionForm every time I want to make a > change to the *view* - seems like a bad practice. > > What I'm looking to achieve is something similar to <fmt:format> JSTL tag, > where you can specify a format mask, or even a format "style" defined > elsewhere. > > Thanks, > > -Sasha > > On 8/22/03 12:30, "Sasha Borodin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I would like to state a basic assumption I deduced in learning > struts, then > > pose a question. > > > > Assumption: ActionForm property getters and setters should > return and take > > Strings. > > > > My initial impulse was to try passing the actual data types > (Dates, Numbers, > > etc.); however, the Struts mechanism seems to pass Strings to > the ActionForm > > setter methods on form submission (which throws a conversion > Exception of > > course). Then I tried making the setters take Strings, and > getters return > > the actual data types, but this seemed to confuse the introspection > > mechanism; plus I didn't see any way to apply formatting inside the > > html:text tags (like you can in JSTL's fmt:format tags). > > > > Question: How does one handle formatting data (custom > formatting or i18n) > > for (pre/re)population of a form? > > > > Ex.: An update form; a user's information is loaded from the > database into > > classes (Strings, Dates, Numbers, etc.). If you want to format > this data, > > you have to do it in the Model, as the ActionForm only takes and gives > > Strings - which seems to be a Bad Practice. Even if you had additional > > special setters for the explicit purpose of populating the > ActionForm from > > original data types, you still don't know what Locale the > client is from. > > > > Is my assumption incorrect? Is there a basic flaw in my > understanding of > > the use of ActionForm? Or there an actual short-coming, and workaround? > > > > In short, How Can You Format Data For Strut's Form Tags Inside > The Actual > > JSP :-) ? > > > > Thank you for any input. > > > > -Sasha > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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]
