[richfaces-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Closed: (RF-3850) rich:calendar converter bug

rich:calendar converter bug --------------------------- Key: RF-3850 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RF-3850 Project: RichFaces Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 3.2.1 Environment: Running richfaces 3.2.1GA with facelets 1.1.13 and seam 2.0.1 Reporter: Tim Evers Assignee: Mikhail Vitenkov Fix For: 3.2.2 The following code worked under richfaces 3.2.0 but not under 3.2.1GA <rich:calendar id="postingDate" inputStyle="width:80px" value="#{LedgerFilterDataBean.postingDate}" datePattern="dd/MM/yyyy" converter="GekkoDateConverter" /> The value expression binds to a variable of type GekkoDate (our own custom date type) The code that fails under 3.2.1GA is public String getAsString(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, Object value) { if (value == null) { return ""; } try { return DateFormatUtils.formatDate((GekkoDate) value, getDateFormat(component)); } catch (ConverterException e) { throw new ConverterException(MessageFactory.getMessage(context, STRING_ID, value, MessageFactory.getLabel(context, component)), e); } } The reason it fails is that under 3.2.1GA sometimes the parameter (Object value) is not of type GekkoDate. It is of type java.util.date. Somehow in the change from 3.2.0 to 3.2.1GA the support for custom date types has been broken.