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[jsr372-experts] Re: [NEW] Converter chaining, global converters

From: Kito Mann <kito.mann_at_virtua.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:26:48 -0500

I like that approach. More efficient than walking the EditableValueHolders
in a PhaseListener.

On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Bauke Scholtz <balusc_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> A component system event listener for post validate event targeted at
> UIInput should do it.
>
> Cheers, B
> On Dec 11, 2014 5:04 PM, "manfred riem" <manfred.riem_at_oracle.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Kito,
>>
>> A phase listener would not do the trick for you?
>>
>> Note unless I am mistaken what you are describing seems more like a
>> corner case to me?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Manfred
>>
>> On 12/11/14, 9:56 AM, Kito Mann wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> On my current project, I have a situation where I'd like to process
>> input from _every_ JSF input component on the page. There are a few
>> different ways I can do this, but what I really want is to be able to apply
>> a global converter, much like global validators. However, in order to do
>> this, we would have to have some sort of "converter chaining" mechanism so
>> that existing converters won't get clobbered. I could implement this by
>> walking through all of the EditableValueHolders in the view and adding a
>> special converter that can wrap an existing converter if necessary.
>> However, this is something that would work well at the spec level. Thoughts?
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