The recommended pattern is to have only string properties on your ActionForm classes that are mapped to typed data in your model.
You can write a component to do #2 and register it with bean-utils, but you for sure do not want to pass the action form into your model. Larry On 7/13/05, Lance Semmens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a standard way of handling invalid user input in date / number > fields etc. I can forsee 2 possible solutions. > 1. Declare date properties on your form as java.lang.Strings and > validate / parse them explicitely. > 2. Declare date properties as java.util.Dates, have struts parse dates, > check for null form properties and use request.getParameter() to see if > an invalid date was entered. > > I prefer option 2. Are there any libraries around to do this generically > or another way that I haven't thought of? (NB i'm a newbie). > > Thanks, > Lance. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
