[MYFACES-2007] Converters are not created properly when target class is both, an enum and implements an interface

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.4
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.7
• Assignee: Leonardo Uribe
• Reporter: Val Blant
• Created: 07/Oct/08 17:17
• Updated: 01/Jun/09 07:54
• Resolved: 22/May/09 01:57

Description

This patch fixes the following situation:

• A converter is bound in faces-config.xml to an interface type (ex. EnumCoded).
• There is an enum class that implements EnumCoded, like this:

public enum PickListActionType implements EnumCoded

{ ..... etc... }

• There is a converter called a GenericEnumTypeConverter, which knows how to deal with these and is declared like this:
  <converter>
  <converter-for-class>EnumCoded</converter-for-class>
  <converter-class>GenericEnumTypeConverter</converter-class>
  </converter>

• Right now the converter picked by MyFaces is EnumConverter instead of my GenericEnumTypeConverter, b/c the fact that my target class is an enum takes precedence over the fact that it implements EnumCoded interface. This is incorrect.

This patch fixes the problem.