Yeah, it's doable. We'd need to tweak how we're storing things and possibly do a fetch / or merge.
Though the OT is "general" converter, what we're now talking about is an entity converter, so which one do people want? On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 8:49 AM, Arne Limburg <arne.limb...@openknowledge.de > wrote: > Hmm, > > > Anyway, with an EntityManager we could identify the id field of the entity > and convert the entity to its id and vice versa. This could be useful for > lists or select menus. > > Am 19.08.13 16:35 schrieb "Jason Porter" unter <lightguard...@gmail.com>: > > >Hm, I'll have to go back to the code to see what was done. > > > > > >On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 5:06 AM, Pete Muir <pm...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > >> 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 <lightguard...@gmail.com> 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 <han...@yahoo.com.cn> 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 <strub...@yahoo.de> > >> >>> À : "dev@deltaspike.apache.org" <dev@deltaspike.apache.org> > >> >>> 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: "i...@softwareentwicklung-hell.de" < > >> i...@softwareentwicklung-hell.de> > >> >>>> To: dev@deltaspike.apache.org > >> >>>> 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 > >> > >> > > > > > >-- > >Jason Porter > >http://en.gravatar.com/lightguardjp > > -- Jason Porter http://en.gravatar.com/lightguardjp
