[richfaces-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (RF-11882) a4j jsFunction cannot transform java class to json in the getData method call

[ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RF-11882?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.s... ] Dirk Dollar updated RF-11882: ----------------------------- Priority: Minor (was: Major) Description: I get a FATAL: ...javax.faces.FacesException: Error in conversion Java Object to JavaScript at org.ajax4jsf.javascript.ScriptUtils.appendScript(ScriptUtils.java:194) [:4.1.0.Final] at org.ajax4jsf.javascript.ScriptUtils.appendScript(ScriptUtils.java:123) [:4.1.0.Final] .... Caused by: java.lang.IllegalAccessException: Class org.ajax4jsf.javascript.PropertyUtils can not access a member of class java.util.HashMap$Entry with modifiers "public final" Which wasn't there in richfaces 3.3.3 The code snippet: class MyBean{ public String actionMethod(){ ....do something which creates a Map <String,String> data, now I want to sort it before I return it: private List<Entry<String, String>> sortDataIntoList(Map<String, String> data) { List<Entry<String, String>> sortedList = new ArrayList<Entry<String, String>>(data.entrySet()); Collections.sort(sortedList, new Comparator<Entry<String, String>>() { public int compare(Entry<String, String> f1, Entry<String, String> f2) { return f1.getValue().compareTo(f2.getValue()); } }); if(sortedList.size()>max) return sortedList.subList(0, max); return sortedList; } ...and return it from... public static MyInnerClass{ List<Entry<String,String>> data public MyInnerClass(List<Entry<String,String>> data){ this.data=data } public List<Entry<String,String>> getData(){ return data;} } } results in the mentioned error A possible workaround is to use one's own implementation of a key value object e.g. something like http://stackoverflow.com/questions/521171/a-java-collection-of-value-pair... was: I get a FATAL: ...javax.faces.FacesException: Error in conversion Java Object to JavaScript at org.ajax4jsf.javascript.ScriptUtils.appendScript(ScriptUtils.java:194) [:4.1.0.Final] at org.ajax4jsf.javascript.ScriptUtils.appendScript(ScriptUtils.java:123) [:4.1.0.Final] .... Caused by: java.lang.IllegalAccessException: Class org.ajax4jsf.javascript.PropertyUtils can not access a member of class java.util.HashMap$Entry with modifiers "public final" Which wasn't there in richfaces 3.3.3 The code snippet: class MyBean{ public String actionMethod(){ ....do something which creates a Map <String,String> data, now I want to sort it before I return it: private List<Entry<String, String>> sortDataIntoList(Map<String, String> data) { List<Entry<String, String>> sortedList = new ArrayList<Entry<String, String>>(data.entrySet()); Collections.sort(sortedList, new Comparator<Entry<String, String>>() { public int compare(Entry<String, String> f1, Entry<String, String> f2) { return f1.getValue().compareTo(f2.getValue()); } }); if(sortedList.size()>max) return sortedList.subList(0, max); return sortedList; } ...and return it from... public static MyInnerClass{ List<Entry<String,String>> data public MyInnerClass(List<Entry<String,String>> data){ this.data=data } public List<Entry<String,String>> getData(){ return data;} } } results in the mentioned error -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.jboss.org/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira