[MYFACES-624] selectOneMenu calls converter getAsString() with String value instead of object

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.1.0
• Component/s: General
• Assignee: Mathias Broekelmann
• Reporter: Jan Dockx
• Created: 27/Sep/05 06:40
• Updated: 27/Jan/07 16:17
• Resolved: 27/Sep/05 19:00

Description

We use a SelectOneMenu to set a City object on a Person. City's are records in our DB with a Long primary key we use as value in the select. A Converter converts the PK to objects with getAsObject (getAsString simply return the PK from the object). We have seen indeed that the getAsObject is called on submit, then followed by a getAsString during the render phase BUT WITH the Long PK as THE VALUE. The component is asking to convert the String value into the String value!

What is particularly weird is that, in the previous request/response phase, the select renders ok, which also requires a getAsString of course.

To be sure, we switched back to the nightly we were using before (20050821), and the select worked ok again. So, as far as we are concerned, this is a serious bug, at least in SelectOneMenu!. We also tried to workaround the issue, checking in the converter if the "value" argument for getAsString is a String, and then just returning it, but that didn't work either.

Issue Links

• relates to: MYFACES-731 selectManyListbox calls converter getAsString passing in string value during form post