My converters are in separate classes, and I have never declared a
converter static.
Maybe your problem is that you are missing the no-arg constructor for
the converter.
Maybe that was why it worked when it was static.
Was there additional information in java.lang.InstantiationException,
like a root cause?
The two things I would try are
1) move it to a separate class
2) add a no-arg constructor
I haven't really written many converters since the annotation support
was added, but this is what one of the few I did write looks like.
This was a quick proof of concept thing, so I didn't take the time to
debug why @FacesConverter(forClass = ) wasn't working for me but
instead manually specified a converter id in the one place I used the
converter.
package org.gamenet.conferencePlanner.data.converter;
@FacesConverter("org.gamenet.conferencePlanner.data.converter.SessionConverter")
public class SessionConverter implements Converter {
@Override
public Object getAsObject(FacesContext context, UIComponent
component, String key) {
[...]
}
}
@Override
public String getAsString(FacesContext context, UIComponent
component, Object value) {
[...]
}
}
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 7:40 AM, Howard W. Smith, Jr.
<[email protected]> wrote:
> In an effort to remove 'static' declarations throughout my app (to help
> JVM's GC), I removed 'static' from the definition of the Converter class
> below. So that resulted in the infamous error below:
>
> Apr 13, 2013 4:10:38 AM org.apache.myfaces.application.ApplicationImpl
> internalCreateConverter
> SEVERE: Could not instantiate converter
> jsf.CustomerController$CustomerControllerConverter
> java.lang.InstantiationException:
> jsf.CustomerController$CustomerControllerConverter
> at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)
> at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
> at
> org.apache.myfaces.application.ApplicationImpl.internalCreateConverter(ApplicationImpl.java:1626)
> at
> org.apache.myfaces.application.ApplicationImpl.createConverter(ApplicationImpl.java:1545)
> at
> javax.faces.application.ApplicationWrapper.createConverter(ApplicationWrapper.java:158)
>
> I assume 'static' is necessary, because only one copy of the class is
> created per application. Correct? So, can I define the class as a
> @Singleton @Lock(READ) to resolve the issue?
>
> Per NetBeans generated JSF controller/bean code, the Converter is usually
> defined in the same .java file as the controller or @ManagedBean. Honestly,
> I do 'not' want to use addConverter() or converterId="..." in the xhtml. I
> prefer to use @FacesConverter, since this has been working for me
> throughout the app.
>
>
> package jsf;
>
> import jpa.entities.Customer;
> import jpa.session.CustomerFacade;
>
> import java.io.Serializable;
> import javax.ejb.EJB;
> import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
> import javax.faces.bean.RequestScoped;
> import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
> import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
> import javax.faces.convert.Converter;
> import javax.faces.convert.FacesConverter;
>
> @ManagedBean(name = "customerController")
> @RequestScoped
> public class CustomerController implements Serializable {
>
> @EJB
> private jpa.session.CustomerFacade ejbFacade;
>
> public CustomerController() {
> }
>
> @FacesConverter(forClass = Customer.class)
> public class CustomerControllerConverter implements Converter {
>
> public Object getAsObject(FacesContext facesContext,
> UIComponent component, String value) {
> if (value == null || value.length() == 0) {
> return null;
> }
> /*
> * 2012-07-10 when user enters invalid/incomplete value
> (e.g. "irene", see below) in AutoComplete
> *
> WARNING: For input string: "irene"
> java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "irene"
> at
> java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.java:65)
> at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:492)
> at java.lang.Integer.valueOf(Integer.java:582)
> at
> jsf.pointOfContact.pf_PointOfContactController$PointOfContactControllerConverter.getKey(pf_PointOfContactController.java:1625)
> at
> jsf.pointOfContact.pf_PointOfContactController$PointOfContactControllerConverter.getAsObject(pf_PointOfContactController.java:1620)
> at
> org.primefaces.component.autocomplete.AutoCompleteRenderer.getConvertedValue(AutoCompleteRenderer.java:529)
> at
> javax.faces.component.UIInput.getConvertedValue(UIInput.java:1030)
> at
> javax.faces.component.UIInput.validate(UIInput.java:960)
> *
> */
> try {
> Integer test = getKey(value);
> } catch (java.lang.NumberFormatException e) {
> return null;
> }
> CustomerController controller = (CustomerController)
> facesContext.getApplication().getELResolver().
> getValue(facesContext.getELContext(), null,
> "customerController");
> return controller.ejbFacade.find(getKey(value));
> }
>
> java.lang.Integer getKey(String value) {
> java.lang.Integer key;
> key = Integer.valueOf(value);
> return key;
> }
>
> String getStringKey(java.lang.Integer value) {
> StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
> sb.append(value);
> return sb.toString();
> }
>
> public String getAsString(FacesContext facesContext,
> UIComponent component, Object object) {
> if (object == null) {
> return null;
> }
> if (object instanceof Customer) {
> Customer o = (Customer) object;
> return getStringKey(o.getCustomerId());
> } else {
> throw new IllegalArgumentException("object " + object +
> " is of type " + object.getClass().getName() + "; expected type: " +
> Customer.class.getName());
> }
> }
> }
> }
>
>
> Thanks,
> Howard
