Custom Spring Property Editor

Note: There's only one instance of property editor for each bean. So if you use the same bean (even if it's a prototype), it uses the same instance of that object. Solution: create two beans or don't use PropertyEditor.

Code

package com.blogspot.sourie;

import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;

public class SocialSecurityPropertyEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {

@Override
public void setAsText(String value){
if (value != null){
value = value.replace(" ", "");
if (value.length() == 9){
Integer.parseInt(value);

String area = value.substring(0, 3);
String group = value.substring(3,5);
String serial = value.substring(5);

setValue(new SocialSecurity(area, group, serial));
}
}
}
}

In XML

<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.CustomEditorConfigurer" id="customEditorConfigurer">

<property name="customEditors">
<map>
<entry key="com.blogspot.sourie.SocialSecurity">
<bean class="com.blogspot.sourie.SocialSecurityPropertyEditor">
</bean>
<entry key="com.blogspot.sourie.PhoneNumber">
<bean class="com.blogspot.sourie.PhoneNumberPropertyEditor">
</bean>
</entry></entry></map>
</property>

</bean>

<bean class="com.blogspot.sourie.Person" id="phonePerson">
<property name="phoneNumber" value="111 222 3333"></property>
</bean>