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

a4j jsFunction cannot transform java class to json in the getData method call ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: RF-11882 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RF-11882 Project: RichFaces Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Affects Versions: 4.1.0.Final Reporter: Dirk Dollar Assignee: Brian Leathem Priority: Minor Labels: waiting_on_user I get a FATAL: {code} ...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" {code} Which wasn't there in richfaces 3.3.3 The code snippet: {code} 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;} } } {code} 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...