Currently only in beta-status, an xwork-tiger project exists that is starting to add some basic J2SE 5 ("Tiger") support to WebWork. Currently, the only Java 5 implementation in xwork-tiger.jar is a Map and Collection support using generics.
In short, instead of specifying the types found in collections and maps as documented in Type Conversion, the collection's generic type is used. This means you most likely don't need any ClassName-conversion.properties files.
Work in progress
This is a work in progress and not yet finished! More complex examples will follow. For now, have a look at the unit tests within the xwork-tiger project path.
Interceptor Annotations
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Marks a action method that needs to be executed before the result. |
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Marks a action method that needs to be executed before the main action method. |
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Marks a action method that needs to be executed before the result. |
Validation Annotations
If you want to use annotation based validation, you have to annotate the class or interface with Validation Annotation.
These are the standard validator annotations that come with XWork-tiger:
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Marker annotation for validation at Type level. |
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Used to group validation annotations. |
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Type Conversion Annotations
If you want to use annotation based type conversion, you have to annotate the class or interface with the Conversion Annotation.
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Marker annotation for type conversions at Type level. |
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Used for class and application wide conversion rules. |
Create ClassName-conversion.properties via "ant apt" target
This is an example for the apt ant target:
<target name="apt"> <mkdir dir="${build}/generated"/> <path id="classpath"> <pathelement path="${basedir}/build/java"/> <pathelement path="${basedir}/build/test"/> <!-- xwork.jar and xwork-tiger.jar must be in one of the following lib dirs --> <fileset dir="${basedir}/lib/build" includes="*.jar"/> <fileset dir="${basedir}/lib/default" includes="*.jar"/> <fileset dir="${basedir}/lib/spring" includes="*.jar"/> </path> <property name="pclasspath" refid="classpath"/> <!-- Change the includes attribute value to match your annotated java files --> <fileset id="sources" dir="." includes="src/test/**/*.java" /> <pathconvert pathsep=" " property="sourcefiles" refid="sources"/> <echo> CLASSPATH ${pclasspath} SOURCES: ${sourcefiles} </echo> <exec executable="apt" > <arg value="-s"/> <arg value="${build}/generated"/> <arg value="-classpath"/> <arg pathref="classpath"/> <arg value="-nocompile"/> <arg value="-factory"/> <arg value="com.opensymphony.xwork.apt.XWorkProcessorFactory"/> <arg line="${sourcefiles}"/> </exec> </target>