Straight from the doc located at
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/
//obtain a string result of the requested Attribute
returnedParameterName = (java.lang.String)req.getAttribute(ParameterToObtain);
//obtain a Integer object
Integer intObject = new Integer(returnedParameterName);
//obtain the int value ..
int n = intObject.intValue();
HTH
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From: "temp temp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <user@struts.apache.org>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: Converting an object to integer
> The object which I want to convert into Integer is a number and can be
> converted to int, its not a string or a boolean .
> I get this object either from request attribute , or request parameter or a
> DAO.
> If I get this ob ject from request parameter I cannot cast it to
> integer because I get compilation error stating that cannot cast a String
> to integer in this case do I have to create a new Integer every time ?
> Thanks & Regards
>
>
> Scott Van Wart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: temp temp wrote:
>> What is the best way to convert an object to an Integer .If casting dosen't
>> work?
>>
>
> Object probablyAnInteger = ....;
>
> Integer someInt;
> if ( probablyAnInteger == null || probablyAnInteger.equals( "" ) )
> {
> someInt = null;
> }
> else
> {
> try
> {
> someInt = new Integer( probablyAnInteger.toString() );
> }
> catch ( NumberFormatException e )
> {
> // definitely not an integer
> someInt = null;
> }
> }
>
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