EntityConverter

[pmuir]

I've added the EntityConverter from the wiki to CVS (with significant refactoring). Now, all you should need to do is:

<h:selectOneMenu value="#{person.continent}">
 <s:selectItems value="#{continents.resultList}" var="continent" label="#{continent.name}" />
 <s:convertEntity />
</h:selectOneMenu>

for any dropdown which uses entities. It would be great if y'all could test this :)

The upshot of the refactoring is that it now works ootb for select manys and composite (embedded) ids. The example and reference guide show the use of this control.

[cavani]

I try it, but I could not set more than one MPC, right?

this will be considered?

Thanks,

[cavani]

I don't test too much, but it works:

on project component.xml:

<component name="myEntityConverter" class="org.jboss.seam.ui.EntityConverter">
 <property name="entityManager">#{ myMPC }</property>
</component>

and on JSF page:

<h:selectOneMenu value="#{ currentContact.category }">
 <s:selectItems value="#{ categoryCombo }" var="category" label="#{ category }"/>
 <f:converter converterId="myEntityConverter"/>
</h:selectOneMenu>

this is a right use of this util?

[pmuir]

Yup :) That was what I was thinking of :)

[cavani]

Great!

It work nice to me: 4 MPC, each one with a converter.

Thanks!