How to handle Long and different formats in a Play! Scala form?

Question

In my model all associated accounts are Long not normal integers. However, when handling the Scala form in the new Play! 2.0 I can only validate an Int number in a form and not a Long.

http://www.playframework.org/documentation/2.0/ScalaForms

Take the following form:

val clientForm: Form[Client] = Form(
    mapping(
      "id" -> number,
      "name" -> text(minLength = 4),
      "email" -> optional(text),
      "phone" -> optional(text),
      "address" -> text(minLength = 4),
      "city" -> text(minLength = 2),
      "province" -> text(minLength = 2),
      "account_id" -> number
    )
    (Client.apply)(Client.unapply)
  )

Where you see account_id I want to apply a Long, so how could I cast that in the simplest way possible? The Client.apply syntax is awesome for its simplicity but I'm open to options like mapping. Thanks!

Answer 1

Found a really awesome way to do this that looks like is missing from the documentation I linked in the question.

First, pull in Play! formats: import play.api.data.format.Formats._

Then when defining the Form mapping use of[] syntax

and then the new form val will look like:

val clientForm = Form(
    mapping(
      "id" -> of[Long],
      "name" -> text(minLength = 4),
      "address" -> text(minLength = 4),
      "city" -> text(minLength = 2),
      "province" -> text(minLength = 2),
      "phone" -> optional(text),
      "email" -> optional(text),
      "account_id" -> of[Long]
    )(Client.apply)(Client.unapply)
  )

Update: Using optional()

After further experimentation, I discovered that you can mix of[] with the Play! optional to meet the optional variables defined in your class.

So assume that the account_id above is optional...

"account_id" -> optional(of[Long])

Answer 2

The previous answer definitely works, but it would be better to just use what is in import play.api.data.Forms._ since you already have to import that for optional and text.

So instead you can use longNumber.

val clientForm = Form(
  mapping(
    "id" -> longNumber,
    "name" -> text(minLength = 4),
    "address" -> text(minLength = 4),
    "city" -> text(minLength = 2),
    "province" -> text(minLength = 2),
    "phone" -> optional(text),
    "email" -> optional(text),
    "account_id" -> optional(longNumber)
  )(Client.apply)(Client.unapply)
)