struts bean:write tag with format key

[Raj Moti]

Hello,

Is it possible to specify something like this
<bean:write name="entity" property="kokiStart" format='MM/dd/yyyy' />
where "kokiStart" is string from "entity" bean.
I want to get output like 12/31/2005
If this is not possible then is there any way by which I can convert any string to the format I want say date or currency.
I am using struts 1.1

Regards
Raj

[michelle Wang]

For the format of Date, I have same pbm as you, I can't find any way to solve it using struts's function. So I write my own DateUtil class to convert string to date, date to String these functions, so can used by the whole project.

And for the currency format, you can check with java API, I use this in JSP, note that the currency will change with your computer currency setting:

<%
NumberFormat currency = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();
double totalAmount= invoiceObj.getTotalAmount();
%>
....
..
<td>Total:</td>
<td>USD</td>
<td><%=currency.format(totalAmount)%>
</td>
[ November 21, 2005: Message edited by: michelle Wang ]

[Raj Moti]

Thanks wang.
I will try to overload the bean:write tag with attribute something like charformat or stringformat.
What say ???

[michelle Wang]

For me, I use String to display Date on JSP, bcs String is more easy for you to set the display format.

[Srinivas Rao]

Raj,

Over loading the default behaviour with another attribute is best choice and we are doing the same.