The Seam 2 converter worked on any entity class, you just had to provide it with a reference to the EntityManager.
On 18 Aug 2013, at 05:16, Jason Porter <[email protected]> wrote: > The problem with a generic JSF converter is that it has to be very dumb, or > you have to use a certain kind of object. > > > > > > The Seam 3 converter went as generic as possible, it also kept things in > the conversion (and should work fine in the request as a conversation is at > least as long as a request). Depending on what state you're storing in the > converter, you probably wouldn't want anything longer than the conversation > due to memory issues. > > > > > > If memory serves correctly, the Seam 2 converter really only worked if you > were using the EntityHome classes. > > > > > > If you were to do anything similar to the Seam 2 converter you'd need to > create some sort of object hierarchy the user would need to use, or try to > perform some sort of generic magic with the criteria API, which is not the > easiest of things to do. > > > > > > All that being said, I'd be happy to talk ideas out anyone may have. > > — > Sent from Mailbox for iPhone > > On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 7:51 PM, hantsy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have posted some content on JBoss.org forum before....the Seam3 faces >> object converter does not work well as the Seam 2 one. >> The Seam 3 only works in a conversation(the view is a conversation), and >> it also does not support @ManytoMany. >> The Seam2 version works perfectly....it works in request, conversation >> and other scopes...the better is when I used multi check box...it can >> deal with the Hibernate/JPA @ManyToMany relation correctly with any >> codes in the backend codes when I selected or unselected an option. >> Hantsy >> On 8/18/2013 05:42, Adrian Gonzalez wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> In the meantime, if you're looking for a JSF converter, you can take a look >>> at Omnifaces SelectItemsConverter [1]. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Adrian >>> >>> [1] http://showcase.omnifaces.org/converters/SelectItemsConverter >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> De : Mark Struberg <[email protected]> >>> À : "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>> Envoyé le : Vendredi 16 août 2013 12h39 >>> Objet : Re: General Converter >>> >>> >>> Hi Florian! >>> >>> Not yet on our list. We are currently working on getting 0.5 out of the >>> door (code reviews and testing against many containers) >>> >>> >>> Please file a feature request in JIRA describing what this Seam2 feature is >>> about and why you like it. >>> >>> >>> txs and LieGrue, >>> strub >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Cc: >>>> Sent: Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 14:35 >>>> Subject: General Converter >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> is there a plan to implement Seam like general Converter like the Seam >>>> Faces Object converter? I know it is not really a cdi topic, but there >>>> is still a big gap between what Seam was providing and what DeltaSpike >>>> does. >>>> >>>> Thanks and Regards >>>> Florian
