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Sticking to simplicity in conversion and validation would create solutions with much more shelf-life and generality than we can get from existing solutions or even JSR-303.
– Jonathan
Converters should benefit from Genericsh5. Converters should benefit from Generics
It's unbelievable that during the age of generics, one must cast the result of a conversion:
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/**
* @param <DataType>
* @param formComponent
* @return DataType
*/
public static <DataType> DataType getFreshValue(FormComponent<DataType> formComponent) {
return (DataType) formComponent.getConverter(formComponent.getType()).convertToObject(formComponent.getValue(), formComponent.getLocale());
}
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It's unbelievable that during the age of generics, one must cast the result of a conversion:
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