"Registering field-specific Formatters" section is not in sync with the codebase [SPR-6171]

[spring-projects-issues]

Sam Brannen opened SPR-6171 and commented

WebDataBinder does not have a registerFormatter(String, Formatter) method.

DataBinder does have a getFormatterRegistry() method, but FormatterRegistry does not appear to provide functionality for "registering field-specific formatters."

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Affects: 3.0 RC1

Issue Links:

• No way to register Formatter instances by field on DataBinder [SPR-6069] #10737 No way to register Formatter instances by field on DataBinder
• Add Formatter support to DataBinder [SPR-6015] #10684 Add Formatter support to DataBinder

[spring-projects-issues]

Sam Brannen commented

What's the best practice (and options) for Spring 3.0+ for registering custom formatters per-controller vs. per-DispatcherServlet vs. per-web app?

Similarly what's the story regarding custom PropertyEditors vs. Formatters, when to use which, precedence, and mixing and matching both techniques within the same web app?

[spring-projects-issues]

Burkhard Graves commented

Albeit this task is nearly three years old: Are there any news concerning the registration of "field-specific" formatters?

--dhukas

[spring-projects-issues]

Oliver Drotbohm commented

As the ticket says, released in Spring 3.0 RC2.