f:convertNumber (currency) fails every time

[dkarr]

This may not even be a RichFaces problem, but I'm not sure whether RichFaces insinuates itself into areas I'm not aware of.

I have an "h:inputText" element with a "f:convertNumber" with type currency. No matter what reasonable values I enter into the field (like "0" or "0.00"), I always get a conversion error. Only an empty string passes conversion.

My page code is the following:

<h:inputText id="valueIn" value="#{ratingRequest.propertyList[0].value}">
 <f:convertNumber type="currency" currencySymbol="$"/>
</h:inputText>

[dkarr]

If it matters, I've also tried "$0" and "$0.00", and those also fail to pass conversion.

[dkarr]

I tried an experiment of doing the following:

1. Changing the property type in the bean to java.lang.Double.
2. Changing the "type" attribute of the "f:convertNumber" tag to "number".

Now, instead of getting a simple "Conversion error" message, it now says:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: argument type mismatch

I don't get it. What's going on here?

(I'm using the value "0" on submit.)

[daniel.soneira]

Try s:convertNumber to avoid that problem. The core f:convertNumber didn't work for me either.

That is a MyFaces Tomahawk Sandbox component that works really well :)