simple question about using p schema shortcut

[wassupman]

Hi, I couldnt find this in the doc. How would one declare list or arrays in the bean declaration using the p notation. For example I'm currently doing something like this:

p:size="4"
p:weight="55">
<property name="kids">
<list>
<value>john</value>
<value>susie</value>
</list>
</property>
</bean>

because this doesnt work: p:kids="john,susie"

Is there a way to use the p shortcut with lists? thanks

[dbrinker]

Unless something was added in 3.0 that I missed, there's no way to use the p-schema with collections. I typically just do the same thing you showed.

Keep in mind, though, that Spring has the shortcut that lets you specify a single-element list as that element, so if I only had one kid, I could conceivably use p:kids="john".

Hope this helps
- Don

[amiladomingo]

Following is the only solution i can think of,

	<bean name="bean" class="com.example.Person" p:name="John Doe"
		p:kids-ref="kids" />

	<util:list id="kids" list-class="java.util.ArrayList">
		<value>Smith</value>
		<value>Mark</value>
	</util:list>

[amiladomingo]

because this doesnt work: p:kids="john,susie"

Is there a way to use the p shortcut with lists? thanks

If kids is a array it will work.