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Depending on the application server being used, a credential provider or -vault may be standard within the application server such as inside IBM WebSphere or another product like CyberArk can be used for this functionality (in case of Tomcat or Jboss) alike CyberArk.
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Property Editors
Property Editors are used to facilitate conversions between a complex type and String. Posted values from a an HTML form will usually be converted to a String by the servlet engine. Spring MVC offers a way to convert incoming Strings to complex types; it also converts complex types to Strings when the response is sent back to the browser. Spring MVC offers this functionality through the Property Editors. The Spring MVC and the XperienCentral platforms already have a few default Property Editors for the next following types:
- All primitive types plus their auto-boxed equivalents;
- Date (in the format of “dd-MM-yyyy” or “dd/MM/yyyy”).
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