[SLING-1412] Add support for a @IgnoreBlanks hint

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: Servlets Post 2.1.0
• Component/s: Servlets
• Assignee: Justin Edelson
• Reporter: Justin Edelson
• Created: 25/Feb/10 19:08
• Updated: 20/Sep/17 12:03
• Resolved: 02/Oct/10 18:08

Description

Given these post parameters:

./stringProperty@TypeHint=String[]
./stringProperty@IgnoreBlanks=true
./stringProperty=foo
./stringProperty=bar
./stringProperty=

stringProperty will be set to an array of two values

ALSO...
./stringProperty@IgnoreBlanks=true
./stringProperty=

makes the post sevlet behave as if neither param had been passed. Same thing is true for a mutli-value property if all params are blank:
./stringProperty@TypeHint=String[]
./stringProperty@IgnoreBlanks=true
./stringProperty=
./stringProperty=
./stringProperty=

As I mentioned on the dev list, this is really a UI issue, but it seems like something Sling can easily handle.