I try to register a custom converter for my business model enums in Seam 2.0.1.GA. This works fine until I do use facelets EL to access my properties.

That's my enum:

public enum Gender {
 MALE, FEMALE
}

Here's my converter (it's not finished, I know ;-):

@Name("genderConverter")
@org.jboss.seam.annotations.faces.Converter(forClass = Gender.class)
public class GenderConverter implements Converter, Serializable {

 private static final long serialVersionUID = 3237852262587078904L;

 public Object getAsObject(FacesContext facesContext, UIComponent uiComponent, String string) {
// TODO
 return Gender.MALE;
 }
 public String getAsString(FacesContext facesContext, UIComponent uiComponent, Object object) {
 String retVal = null;
 if (object instanceof Enum) {
 final Enum<Gender> instance = (Enum<Gender>) object;
 final String resourceKey = instance.name();
 // final String resourceKey = instance.getClass().getName() + "." +
 // instance.name();
 try {
 retVal = ResourceBundle.instance().getString(resourceKey);
 } catch (MissingResourceException e) {
 // Ignore
 System.out.println(e);
 }
 if ("".equals(retVal)) {
 retVal = instance.name();
 }
 }
 System.out.println("retrieved gener " + retVal);
 return retVal;

 }

}

Now it depends on the facelets page if the above code is working.

This works fine and retrieves the translation for the key from the messages properties ("male"):

<div class="entry">
 <div class="label">Geschlecht:</div>
 <div class="output"><h:outputText value="#{member.gender}"/></div>
 </div>

This doesn't work, because only the name of the enum ("MALE") is displayed:

<div class="entry">
 <div class="label">Gender:</div>
 <div class="output">#{member.gender}</div>
 </div>

Has anyone a idea why my custom converter doesn't work with the second style?

Thanks, Maik.