[richfaces-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (RF-12594) rich:calendar defaultText causes conversion error if not populated.

[ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RF-12594?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.s... ] Brian Leathem updated RF-12594: ------------------------------- Steps to Reproduce: {code} <h:form id="searchParticipant"> <rich:calendar enableManualInput="true" value="#{bean.value}" id="dob" locale="US" popup="true" datePattern="MMddyyyy" showApplyButton="false" converterMessage="Use MMDDYYYY format" /> <a4j:commandButton type="submit" value="Search" id="searchButton" execute="@form" render=":searchResutPanel" action="#{participantSummaryManagedBean.search}" /> </h:form> {code} After submitting the form without inputting any data the converterMessage message is displayed. Expected result is that "null" is submitted for the calendar value. was: <h:form id="searchParticipant"> <rich:calendar enableManualInput="true" value="#{bean.value}" id="dob" locale="US" popup="true" datePattern="MMddyyyy" showApplyButton="false" converterMessage="Use MMDDYYYY format" /> <a4j:commandButton type="submit" value="Search" id="searchButton" execute="@form" render=":searchResutPanel" action="#{participantSummaryManagedBean.search}" /> </h:form> After submitting the form without inputting any data the converterMessage message is displayed. Expected result is that "null" is submitted for the calendar value. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira