Re: [jsr-314-open-mirror] [jsr-314-open] Coercion in the EL

Hi Kito, yes, it is the same. And yes, it affects numbers as well. Please update the description!

Also, I think Ed´s comment about the INTERPRET_EMPTY_STRING_SUBMITTED_VALUES_AS_NULL parameter is not related to this bug - at least AFAI can see.

best regards, Martin On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:21 PM, Kito Mann <kito.mann(a)virtua.com&gt; wrote: > I just ran into this while upgrading an application from MyFaces 1.1 to > Mojarra 1.2. In MyFaces 1.1, empty strings were converted to null for Long > properties in a backing bean. Now, they are converted to 0. I found several > postings about this issue, culminating in this bug: > https://jsp-spec-public.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=183. > > So, unless I'm missing something, this issue is really the same as > https://uel.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=12. If everyone agrees, I'll > go ahead and update the description accordingly, since the description > currently mentions Booleans only, not number values. > > Are there any plans to address this issue in 1.2 branches of the > implementations? > --- > Kito D. Mann | twitter: kito99 | Author, JSF in Action > Virtua, Inc. | http://www.virtua.com | JSF/Java EE training and consulting > http://www.JSFCentral.com - JavaServer Faces FAQ, news, and info | twitter: > jsfcentral > +1 203-404-4848 x3 > > Sign up for the JSFCentral newsletter: http://oi.vresp.com/?fid=ac048d0e17 > > > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Andy Schwartz <andy.schwartz(a)oracle.com > > wrote: >> >> On 3/4/10 3:01 AM, Martin Marinschek wrote: >>> >>> Optionally, we can try to solve this in the new spec-revision of the >>> Unified-EL - for which work is already being started on. That would of >>> course be the easier way out. >>> >> >> One option might be to allow the JSF implementations to provide this >> functionality in an implementation-specification way (eg. expose a context >> parameter) as a short-term solution that can be exposed now independent of >> any spec changes. Then, once the new revision of UEL is available (which I >> am sure will address this issue), we can pick that up as our standard >> solution. >> >> Andy >> > > -- http://www.irian.at Your JSF powerhouse - JSF Consulting, Development and Courses in English and German Professional Support for Apache MyFaces