Weird setting of variables to ActionHandler and TaskControll

[frantisek.kocun]

Hi,
in TaskControllerHandler I set variables through public set method. It is because I need to set a collection of something, so I parse it in setMethod.


public class TaskController implements TaskControllerHandler {

private static Pattern PATTERN = Pattern.compile(";");

protected String[] transientVariables;

public void setPersistentVariables(String persistentVariables) {
this.persistentVariables = PATTERN.split(persistentVariables);
}

But in ActionHandler set method doesn't work and I need to do it this way

public class StartAction implements ActionHandler {

private static Pattern PATTERN = Pattern.compile(";");

String persistentVariables;

and parse persistentVariables later. Why set method doesn't work and if I use name of field in xml which doesn't exist or is private I get no error. It would be more safe to get an error always if field is not accesible or doesn't exist and to use set method if is available (or to require set method).

Thanks Fero

[kukeltje]

I have no clue what you try to achieve... or what the errors are (it does not work is no error).... please be more specific, preferably with a unit test that demonstrates the problem

[frantisek.kocun]

Thanks Kukeltje, it wasn't written very clear.
So the default access to fields of TaskControllerHandler is bean (set method/setter, e.g. for field persistenVariables it is method setPersistentVariables) in ActionHandler the default access is direct to field (e.g. for field persistenVariables is access field directly which avoids method setPersistentVariables if any). But if I use config-type="bean" ActionHandler works as TaskControllerHandler.

Hope, this was easier to understand. But I already solved it:)

Fero