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Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:16:53 +0300
From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jukka_V=E4limaa?=" <valimaa.jukka@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: S2 type conversion problem with generics
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Sounds reasonable, thanks for the answer. But why do the generics used in
java collections work with type conversion, and generics in my custom class
won't?

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Chris Pratt <thechrispratt@gmail.com>wrote=
:

> My bet is that, because Struts uses run-time introspection to determine h=
ow
> to pass the parameters, and the new Java Generics use type erasure to
> ensure
> backward portability, what Struts see's isn't your generic type, it's an
> Object.  So it passes in the unconverted value that it got from
> Request.getParameters(), which is a String Array.
>  (*Chris*)
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Jukka V=E4limaa <valimaa.jukka@gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have the following problem which I think is caused by Struts 2 type
> > conversion.
> >
> > I have a class I use to wrap a map for easier interface with view:
> >
> > public class ObjectWeekHandler<T> {
> >    private Map<WeekDayEntry, T> weekDayObjects =3D new
> HashMap<WeekDayEntry,
> > T>();
> >
> >    public Map<WeekDayEntry, T> getWeekDayObjects() {
> >        return weekDayObjects;
> >    }
> >
> >    public void setWeekDayObjects(Map<WeekDayEntry, T> weekDayObjects) {
> >        this.weekDayObjects =3D weekDayObjects;
> >    }
> >
> >    public T getEvenMonObject() {
> >        return weekDayObjects.get(WeekDayEntry.EVEN_MONDAY);
> >    }
> >
> >    public void setEvenMonObject(T evenMonObject) {
> >        weekDayObjects.put(WeekDayEntry.EVEN_MONDAY, evenMonObject);
> >    }
> >
> >    [...]
> >
> > I use this class in my action class to get strings for various weekdays=
:
> > private ObjectWeekHandler<String> weekDayTruckIds =3D new
> > ObjectWeekHandler<String>();
> >
> > public ObjectWeekHandler<String> getWeekDayIds() {
> >        return weekDayIds;
> >  }
> >
> > When I send the request, the parameters are of this type:
> >    weekDayIds.evenMonObject=3D-1
> >
> > If I understand the workings of Struts 2 type conversion correctly, it
> > should call getWeekDayIds.setEvenMonObject(type converted parameter
> value).
> > This is indeed what happens, but instead of setting the parameter as
> > String,
> > it is set as String array. The same thing happens if I parameterize
> > weekDayIds as weekDayIds<Long>.
> >
> > I have an ugly workaround in place- I cast the supposed String value I
> get
> > from getEvenMonObject into Object and then into String[], and get the
> first
> > value. It works, but I certainly don't like it. Does anyone have an ide=
a
> > what might be wrong and how to fix it?
> >
>

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