spring mvc form:select tag

Question

I have a Model that holds a list of Countries (List) and a user object that holds a Country object. I have a view that the user can select his country.
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Answer 1

You need to somehow tell Spring to convert a String to a Country. Here is an example :

@Component
public class CountryEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {

    private @Autowired CountryService countryService;

    // Converts a String to a Country (when submitting form)
    @Override
    public void setAsText(String text) {
        Country c = this.countryService.findById(Long.valueOf(text));

        this.setValue(c);
    }

}

and

...
public class MyController {

    private @Autowired CountryEditor countryEditor;

    @InitBinder
    public void initBinder(WebDataBinder binder) {
        binder.registerCustomEditor(Country.class, this.countryEditor);
    }

    ...

}