Date Time Parameter Converter

[mongkeh]

Hello,

I am having problem to convert date time parameter.

The date parameter from the component bean is :
Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 ICT 2009

I want convert to:
Aug 30, 2009

So, i declared converter in faces-config.xml:

<converter>
  <converter-id>dateTimeConverter</converter-id>
  <converter-class>org.jboss.seam.ui.converter.DateTimeConverter</converter-class>
  <property>
   <property-name>pattern</property-name>
   <property-class>java.lang.String</property-class>
   <suggested-value>MMM dd, yyyy</suggested-value>
  </property>
 </converter>

and then in AutomotiveReport.page.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<page xmlns="http://jboss.com/products/seam/pages"
 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://jboss.com/products/seam/pages http://jboss.com/products/seam/pages-2.1.xsd">
 
 <navigation from-action="#{automotiveReport.automotiveReport}">
       <redirect include-page-params="true" view-id="/AutomotiveReports.xhtml"/>
 </navigation>
      <param converterId="dateTimeConverter" name="date" value="#{automotiveReport.date}"/>
</page>

But when i run, the converter dateTimeConverter never called. The parameter i got:

http://localhost:8080/appl/run?__report=%2Freport%2Fautomotive.rptdesign&__format=pdf&__title=Automotive+Reports&date=Sun+Aug+30+00%3A00%3A00+ICT+2009&cid=13

I hope the parameter like this:

http://localhost:8080/appl/run?__report=%2Freport%2Fautomotive.rptdesign&__format=pdf&__title=Automotive+Reports&date=Aug 30, 2009&cid=13

AutomotiveReport.xhtml

<rich:calendar id="date" 
value="#{automotiveReport.date}"
required="true" 
datePattern="MMM dd, yyyy"/>

<div class="actionButtons">
     <h:commandButton id="automotiveReport" value="automotiveReport"
                    action="#{automotiveReport.automotiveReport}"/>
</div>

AutomotiveReport.java (component):

@Stateful
@Name("automotiveReport")
@Scope(ScopeType.CONVERSATION)
public class AutomotiveReportBean implements AutomotiveReport {

    @Logger private Log log;

    @In StatusMessages statusMessages;

    private Date date;

     public void automotiveReport()
    {
        // implement your business logic here
        log.info("automotiveReport.automotiveReport() action called with: #{automotiveReport.date}");
        statusMessages.add("automotiveReport #{automotiveReport.date}");
    }
    

     public Date getDate() {        
          return date;
     }
    
     public void setDate(Date date) {
          this.date = date;
     }

    @Remove
    @Destroy
    public void destroy() {}
}

AutomotiveReports.xhtml:

<p:birt xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
          xmlns:s="http://jboss.com/products/seam/taglib"
          xmlns:p="http://jboss.com/products/seam/birt"
          xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
              xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
          designType="run"
          format="pdf"
          designName="/report/automotive.rptdesign"
          title="Automotive Reports">

     <p:param name="date" value="#{automotiveReport.date}"/>
     
</p:birt>

Please help me....
Thanks.

[lvdberg]

Hi,

I think the converter is called while rendering and it doesn't pass the converter when you try to get a value from a bean. 
You could use a helper method which does the trick for you, just create a method which return a String like this:

public String getMyDateString(date){
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yyyy");
return sdf.format(date);

}

[gardellajuan]

Hi

Pass date in long format:

<param name="myDate" value="#{bean.myDate.time}"/>