On 10/15/07, George.Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > OK, after reading this I assume I need to define a class > ApplicationBeanInfo > which extends SimpleBeanInfo, whose getPropertyDescriptors() method uses a > class CustomerEditor (which I also have to write) which extends > PropertyEditor?
Not quite. You only need to write a CustomerEditor (easiest way is by extending PropertyEditorSupport and overriding the getAsText() and setAsText() methods) which you register in your controller using the initBinder() method: http://tinyurl.com/2sutrm Mike mraible wrote: > > > > You need a PropertyEditor to translate the "id" that's coming for > > Customer to a real customer object from your database. > > > > http://www.springframework.org/docs/reference/validation.html > > > > Matt > > > > On 10/12/07, George.Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi, I have two entities in my Spring MVC app, 'Application' and > >> 'Customer'. > >> The Application edit form has a drop-down list of Customers so that one > >> can > >> be associated with the Application. THis is done via the following > tags > >> in > >> the JSP; > >> > >> <form:select path="customer"> > >> <form:options items="${customers}" itemValue="id" > >> itemLabel="name"/> > >> </form:select> > >> > >> When I submit the form I get a validation error: > >> "Failed to convert property value of type [java.lang.String] to > required > >> type [com.ism.ismid.model.Customer] for property customer; nested > >> exception > >> is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot convert value of type > >> [java.lang.String] to required type [com.ism.ismid.model.Customer] for > >> property customer: no matching editors or conversion strategy found" > >> > >> Can someone see why this is happening? > >> > >> > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> > http://www.nabble.com/Problemn-associating-entities-via-form-tf4616135s2369.html#a13183354 > >> Sent from the AppFuse - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > http://raibledesigns.com > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Problemn-associating-entities-via-form-tf4616135s2369.html#a13214827 > Sent from the AppFuse - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
