Re: trimming text before save???
Re: trimming text before save???
- Subject: Re: trimming text before save???
- From: Chuck Hill <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 08:50:03 -0700
The validation methods are the correct place to change values. You could also put a formatter on the inputs that trims spaces.
Chuck
On 2013-07-07, at 7:05 AM, Kieran Kelleher wrote:
> I would put it in validation method for that attribute. I use validation to validate and throw, or if it makes sense, coerce a value to an acceptable value in a way that would not surprise the user.
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> On Jul 7, 2013, at 3:13 AM, Theodore Petrosky <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> Where do you put this logic?
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>> I want to trim() text before it is saved to the backend. In the past I would put an accessor method on my EO that returned the associated text trimmed. But I thought I would ask.
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>> Do you trim before you save or handle it after the fact? I have cases that after a text area has been edited 100 times over months/years, there may be quite a few extra cr/lfs at the end of the text. This makes formatting pdfs in Jasper Reports unhappy.
>>
>> Ted
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