Problem with converters on Seam 2.1.1.CR1

[chawax]

Hi,

I just upgraded to Seam 2.1.1.CR1 and it looks like something has changed with converters. Now you have to add @BypassInterceptors annotation in converter class. If you don't, you will have this exception on Seam startup.

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Converter t4.web.converters.OrganizationTypeConverter must be annotated with @BypassInterceptors
     at org.jboss.seam.Component.registerConverterOrValidator(Component.java:330)
     at org.jboss.seam.Component.<init>(Component.java:257)
     at org.jboss.seam.Component.<init>(Component.java:206)
     at org.jboss.seam.init.Initialization.addComponent(Initialization.java:1161)
     ... 93 more

Problem is that I use @In annotation in my converter, and it doesn't work if Seam bypasses interceptors for it ! My converter looks like this :

@Name(value="organizationTypeConverter")
@Converter
@BypassInterceptors
public class OrganizationTypeConverter implements javax.faces.convert.Converter {
    
    @In(required=false)
    private VOOrganizationType[] organizationTypes;
    
    public Object getAsObject(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, String value) {
        for (VOOrganizationType type : organizationTypes) {
            if (type.getCode().equals(value))
                return type;
            }
        return null;
    }

    public String getAsString(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, Object object) {
        return ((VOOrganizationType) object).getCode();
    }
}

So how should I do to use @In annotation in converters, so that it will work again ?

Thanks in advance,

Olivier

[wilczarz.wilczarz.gmail.com]

You can't use bijection with @BypassIterceptors. You'll have to lookup your component manually, by Component.getInstance in getAsObject method.

[chawax]

Yes, that's what I understood. But I can't understand why we have to add @BypassInterceptors annotation to converters now and I can't see anything about this in the documentation. So is there a reason for that ? Or is it something unexpected, a bug introduced with Seam 2.1.1.CR1 ?

[x490812]

I am having the same issue but with a Validator - not sure what to do about it. It is specific to 2.1.1.CR1 - Is it a bug?

[axiom]

This requirement seems to have been intentionally added as of this issue ticket:
https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBSEAM-2402

But it sounds like you were using interceptors without any problem before.

I recommend this be at least added to the seam21migration.txt file so that people who are upgrading from 2.0.2.SP1 can be forewarned.

[amram99.nate.ridderman.gmail.com]

I completely agree. This issue should be emphasized more in the migration guide. It took me quite a bit of investigation just to find the note in the reference manual (section 32.2) and the JIRA ticket. Then neither of these specifically mention that injection won't work with @BypassInterceptors, which is a change from Seam 2.0. Is it too late to change the migration guide?