Parsing Process for DSRequest setValues() API

[carlossierra]

Hi Isomorphic. When using the setValues() API of server side DSRequest, what type of objects are expected in the Map<String, Object>? I can see that sending plain Strings for every field works, with some very basic values, but I don't know if this optimal and if I should instead send the appropriate Object type according to the field type? My ultimate goal is to guarantee that dates, decimals and other non-text data types get parsed and used correctly in the DataSource.OP_ADD operation.

Thanks

[Isomorphic]

See the QuickStart Guide, beginning of the Server Framework chapter, for a mapping between field types and Java types used to represent them.

[carlossierra]

Thanks Isomorphic. Follow up question: if I report Map of Strings, how come numeric and date values are properly recognized?

For instance, sending a Map like this to setValues():

static Map<String,String> test = new HashMap();
static {
    test.put("numericField","100");
    test.put("dateField","2016-04-26");
}

Will get me proper Integer and Date values in my DB (asuming that in my DB those fields are INTEGER and DATE fields).

Would you care to elaborate a little bit about the parsing process you follow? Is there a specific standard integer, decimal, boolean and date String representation you accept and recognize properly (instead of their Integer, Double/Float, Boolean and Date objects)?

Thanks

[Isomorphic]

You should use actual Date, Number and Boolean instances as per docs. We don't generally parse - there are just a couple of circumstances where we will parse to try to make up for a developer mistake, or where passing through a value of the wrong type directly to the DB might result in a lucky accident where it still works. However the only approach we support is to provide the correct types as per docs.

[carlossierra]

Excelent. It's very clear. Thanks for the fast reply!