users@javaserverfaces-spec-public.java.net

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

From: Kito Mann <kito.mann_at_virtua.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:27:59 -0500

There are certainly ways to implement this, but it seems strange that there
isn't a global way to process input. Moreover, I've thought for a while
that it'd be nice to have more than one converter...

___

Kito D. Mann | @kito99 | Author, JSF in Action
Virtua, Inc. | http://www.virtua.com | JSF/Java EE training and consulting
http://www.JSFCentral.com | @jsfcentral
+1 203-998-0403

* Listen to the Enterprise Java Newscast: *http://
<http://blogs.jsfcentral.com/JSFNewscast/>enterprisejavanews.com
<http://ww.enterprisejavanews.com>*
* JSFCentral Interviews Podcast:
http://www.jsfcentral.com/resources/jsfcentralpodcasts/
* Sign up for the JSFCentral Newsletter: http://oi.vresp.com/?fid=ac048d0e17

On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 11:04 AM, 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?
> ___
>
> Kito D. Mann | @kito99 | Author, JSF in Action
> Virtua, Inc. | http://www.virtua.com | JSF/Java EE training and consulting
> http://www.JSFCentral.com | @jsfcentral
> +1 203-998-0403
>
> * Listen to the Enterprise Java Newscast: *http://
> <http://blogs.jsfcentral.com/JSFNewscast/>enterprisejavanews.com
> <http://ww.enterprisejavanews.com>*
> * JSFCentral Interviews Podcast:
> http://www.jsfcentral.com/resources/jsfcentralpodcasts/
> * Sign up for the JSFCentral Newsletter:
> http://oi.vresp.com/?fid=ac048d0e17
>
>