Hello. I'm seeing some interesting behavior with regards to composite components.
case 1)
<h:inputText value="#{bean.value}" />
If I have an h:inputText in a page and the value of the inputText references a field of type Long and the field is not required and no value is entered, then the setter for that field value is called with a value of null.
I would expect this behavior.
case 2)
<h:inputText value="#{cc.attrs.value}" />
If I put that inputText into a composite component, and everything else is the same, then the setter for that value IS called and the value of 0 is passed to it.
I would not expect this behavior.
case 3)
<h:inputText value="#{cc.attrs.value}" required="false">
<f:converter converterId="javax.faces.Long"/>
</h:inputText>
If I explicitly set the converter within the composite component, then I get the expected behavior of null value, as in case 1.
case 4)
<h:inputText value=#{bean[field]}" />
If I pass the bean and fieldName to the composite component separately then I also get the expected behavior as in case 1.
So, why doesn't JSF know to automatically apply the converter in case 2 as it does in all the other cases?
Thanks,
Joel
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