Parameter Type Coercions

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Tapestry automatically handles type coercions for parameters.

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Tapestry will automatically coerce the bound value, a long, to the parameter's type, int. This may be a lossy coercion (if the long represents a number larger than can be stored in an int).

TypeCoercer Service

Main Article: TypeCoercer Service

The TypeCoercer service is responsible for this type coercion. This service is part of the tapestry-ioc module, and is documented there. The service is quite extensible, allowing for new types and coercions to be added easily. The TapestryModule contributes a few additional coercions into the TypeCoercer service.