Re: [digester] implementation of String->Date for xs:dateTime

> On 6/25/08, Christopher Schultz <chris@...> wrote:
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> >  Simon,
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> >  Sorry for the late followup.
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> >  simon.kitching@... wrote:
> >  | Christopher Schultz schrieb:
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> >  |> Certainly. Should I log it against digester (where it is most useful) or
> >  |> beanutils (where all the stock Converters actually live)?
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> >  | Not against Digester please. Digester doesn't do any data conversion
> >  | itself, just invokes BeanUtils.
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> >  | BeanUtils seems the appropriate place for this.
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> >  Since this feature primarily benefits users of Digester, and Digester
> >  already has a dependency on beanutils, why not put this
> >  digester-specific capability into the digester?
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> I don't see this as [digester]-specific, though your usecase might be
> tied to it. Converters are a better fit in [beanutils].