[forge-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (FORGE-1002) Faces scaffold should treat properties lacking suitable converters differently

[Vineet Reynolds (JIRA)]

Vineet Reynolds created FORGE-1002:
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             Summary: Faces scaffold should treat properties lacking suitable converters differently
                 Key: FORGE-1002
                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/FORGE-1002
             Project: Forge
          Issue Type: Feature Request
          Components: Scaffold
    Affects Versions: 1.3.2.Final
            Reporter: Vineet Reynolds


This is from the [Sakila-H2 model|https://github.com/maxandersen/sakila-h2].

The {{Staff}} JPA entity generated using the Forge Hibernate Tools plugin, contains a {{byte[]}} property in the form of a {{picture}}. The property is rendered as a {{h:inputText}} widget in the create/edit screens and as a {{h:outputText}} widget in the view screen. This results in errors like the following being reported during operations in such screens: {{Conversion Error setting value '' for 'null Converter'.}}

Since a default converter cannot be applied, mostly due to the possibility of changing semantics of such properties across applications, it would be better to 

* either omit such properties for functional scaffolds,
* or generate converters for every such type.

Also see the TicketMonster model, where a {{long[][]}} property is present in the {{SectionAllocation}} entity.

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