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Re: calendar custom converter

From: Bob Yennaco <Bob.Yennaco_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:14:54 -0400

Does com.expd.app.ap.ui.converter.DateConverter implement
javax.faces.convert.Converter?

Steven Bell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I seem to be having a problem using a custom converter on the calendar
> component. I used this converter before with a standard jsf text
> field and it worked fine. Here's what I have in faces-config.
>
> <converter>
> <converter-id>customDateConverter</converter-id>
> <converter-class>
> com.expd.app.ap.ui.converter.DateConverter
> </converter-class>
> </converter>
>
> This gives me an error telling me it can't convert a String to a
> converter.
>
> <w:calendar id="invoiceDate" label="Invoice/Doc Date:"
> required="true"
> selectedDate="#{payableBackingBean.invoiceDate}"
> converter="customDateConverter" dateFormatPatternHelp="" />
>
> If I try it like this is just seems to ignore it (doesn't stop at
> break points) and use the default converter.
>
> <w:calendar id="invoiceDate" label="Invoice/Doc Date:" required="true"
> selectedDate="#{payableBackingBean.invoiceDate}"
> converter="#{customDateConverter}" dateFormatPatternHelp="" />
>
> It seems like I'm missing something simple here.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Steven Bell