Entity converter in page param?

[jimk1723]

I was hoping this page param would work, but ExampleHome.setCurrentDomain() method is never called. Setter methods for other page parameters, anything without converter or converterId, work fine.

<param name="currentDomain" value="#{exampleHome.currentDomain}"
 converterId="org.jboss.seam.ui.EntityConverter" />

I have a navigation rule redirect elsewhere in the application which correctly converts the entity and adds its id as the 'currentDomain' request parameter.

<redirect view-id="/myview.xhtml">
 <param name="currentDomain" value="#{exampleHome.currentDomain}"
 converterId="org.jboss.seam.ui.EntityConverter" />
 </redirect>

I've stepped through the myview rendering and watched the EntityConverter.getAsObject get called but the property is never set on the EntityHome.

Any ideas?

I'm running Seam 2.0.0.BETA.

[pmuir]

The EntityConverter in its current form cannot be used like this. Please add a feature request to JIRA if you want to be able to do this.

[jimk1723]

Ah, good to know. I stopped beating my head against the problem, since writing my own converter was a 15 minute exercise.

I'll make a JIRA note.