rich:calendar setValueExpression issue

[mbarbi]

Hi,

I'm working with RichFaces 3.1.2GA and I cannot figure out how the HtmlCalendar class can work with the valueExpression attribute (as regular UIInput components do).

I create the calendar in this way:

HtmlCalendar calendar = new HtmlCalendar();
calendar.setInputClass("dateFormatInput");
calendar.setId(fieldId);
String value = "#{companyProfile.testDate}";
calendar.setValueExpression("value", facesContext.getApplication().getExpressionFactory()
 .createValueExpression(facesContext.getELContext(),
 value, String.class));

calendar.setPopup(true);
String format = "dd/MM/yyyy";
calendar.setDatePattern(format);

and the relevant backing-bean code is:

private Date testDate;

 public Date getTestDate() {
 return testDate;
 }

 public void setTestDate(Date testDate) {
 this.testDate = testDate;
 }

 public String doLoad() {
 testDate = new Date(1234567L);
 }

where doLoad initialises the bean content.

The issue is that I always get the following excpetion:

12-nov-2007 11.53.34 com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler handleRenderException
GRAVE: Error Rendering View[/pages/granted/companyProfile.jspx]
javax.faces.convert.ConverterException: ** javax.faces.converter.DateTimeConverter.DATE **
 at javax.faces.convert.DateTimeConverter.getAsObject(DateTimeConverter.java:390)
 at org.richfaces.component.UICalendar.getAsDate(UICalendar.java:254)
 at org.richfaces.component.UICalendar.getCurrentDateOrDefault(UICalendar.java:230)
 at org.richfaces.renderkit.CalendarRendererBase.getCurrentDate(CalendarRendererBase.java:355)
 at org.richfaces.renderkit.html.CalendarRenderer.doEncodeEnd(CalendarRenderer.java:225)
 at org.richfaces.renderkit.html.CalendarRenderer.doEncodeEnd(CalendarRenderer.java:436)
 at org.ajax4jsf.renderkit.RendererBase.encodeEnd(RendererBase.java:135)
 at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeEnd(UIComponentBase.java:836)
 at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicRenderer.encodeRecursive(HtmlBasicRenderer.java:279)
 at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.GridRenderer.encodeChildren(GridRenderer.java:242)
 at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:812)
 at org.ajax4jsf.renderkit.RendererBase.renderChild(RendererBase.java:282)
 at org.ajax4jsf.renderkit.RendererBase.renderChildren(RendererBase.java:262)
 at org.richfaces.renderkit.html.SimpleToggleControlTemplate.doEncodeChildren(SimpleToggleControlTemplate.java:326)
 at org.richfaces.renderkit.html.SimpleToggleControlTemplate.doEncodeChildren(SimpleToggleControlTemplate.java:321)
 at org.ajax4jsf.renderkit.RendererBase.encodeChildren(RendererBase.java:121)
 at org.richfaces.renderkit.html.SimpleTogglePanelRenderer.encodeChildren(SimpleTogglePanelRenderer.java:185)
 at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:812)
 at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicRenderer.encodeRecursive(HtmlBasicRenderer.java:271)
 at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.GridRenderer.encodeChildren(GridRenderer.java:242)
 at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:812)
 at org.ajax4jsf.renderkit.RendererBase.renderChild(RendererBase.java:282)
 at org.ajax4jsf.renderkit.RendererBase.renderChildren(RendererBase.java:262)
 at org.richfaces.renderkit.html.PanelRenderer.doEncodeChildren(PanelRenderer.java:199)
 at org.richfaces.renderkit.html.PanelRenderer.doEncodeChildren(PanelRenderer.java:194)
 at org.ajax4jsf.renderkit.RendererBase.encodeChildren(RendererBase.java:121)
 at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:812)
 at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:886)
 at javax.faces.render.Renderer.encodeChildren(Renderer.java:137)
 at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:812)
 at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:886)
 at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:892)
 at com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler.renderView(FaceletViewHandler.java:571)
 at org.ajax4jsf.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:108)
 at org.ajax4jsf.application.AjaxViewHandler.renderView(AjaxViewHandler.java:216)
 at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:106)
 at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.phase(LifecycleImpl.java:251)
 at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:144)
 at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:245)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
 at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:141)
 at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:281)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
 at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
 at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:263)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:584)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

Do I miss something?
Thanks.
Marco