[TAP5-2081] datefield: cannot blank out date value via text input

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 5.3.6
• Fix Version/s: 5.4
• Component/s: tapestry-core
• Labels: datefield
• Assignee: Howard Lewis Ship
• Reporter: Paul Stanton
• Created: 08/Mar/13 05:44
• Updated: 24/Jul/13 23:08
• Resolved: 24/Jul/13 23:08

Description

If you select a date via the calendar, and then delete the value in the text field an exception is thrown since the server site method "onParse" does not accept a blank parameter.

This should instead avoid going to the server for a parse, and set the current value to null.