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. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4128161#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...