[richfaces-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (RF-9016) Richfaces UICalendar doesn't obey String->String converter

[Gergely Nagy (JIRA)]

Richfaces UICalendar doesn't obey String->String converter
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                 Key: RF-9016
                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/browse/RF-9016
             Project: RichFaces
          Issue Type: Bug
      Security Level: Public (Everyone can see)
    Affects Versions: 3.3.2.SR1
            Reporter: Gergely Nagy


We have a use case where the model has dates in the ISO 8601 format as Strings, but we want to use a different date pattern in richfaces calendar. The current implementation of UICalendar.getAsDate() short-circuits conversion if it detects that the value is String in the model.

The expected behavior would be to first check if there is a converter, use it, and only then try to be smart about value type.


Our current workaround is to extend HtmlCalendar and override this method as such:

	public Date getAsDate(Object date) {
		
		Converter converter = getConverter();
		
		if(converter != null) {
			FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
			return super.getAsDate(converter.getAsString(context, this, date));
		}
		
		return super.getAsDate(date);
	}

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