Hi,
+1
No objection, sounds like a good idea. Especially since MyFaces implemented
it already I almost assume a default +1 by them (but would be good to see
it explicitly here ;)).
Kind regards,
Arjan Tijms
On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Bauke Scholtz <balusc_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> See https://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES_SPEC_PUBLIC-1422.
>
> Currently,
> http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/api/javax/faces/component/UISelectMany.html states
> that it won't make any attempt to obtain the converter when the value is of
> type java.util.Collection.
>
> It is technically however possible to obtain it anyway by inspecting the
> first non-null select item. MyFaces has this already implemented and I find
> it's a good idea to improve the spec accordingly.
>
> This should save the effort of explicitly declaring the converter by name
> and rely on forClass.
>
> If there are no objections, I will take care of it for 2.3.
>
> Cheers, B
>