Hint, hint taken ;) MyFaces does that. It is in the appendix of the spec, and MyFaces (at least partially - as much as was needed of that by me) supports setting parameters onto Converters...
regards, Martin On 8/31/05, Craig McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 8/31/05, Mike Kienenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/31/05, Craig McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you are using by-Class converters, you don't need to register them > on > > > the *component* at all -- they get registered in the Application > instance > > > along with the class they are for. I'm not sure I see a need to use a > DI > > > framework to instantiate those, since you already have the ability to > > > configure the implementation class that will be used. > > > > Craig, > > > > Can you expand on this? What do I need to do to gain the ability to > > configure the implementation class? > > Simply include a registration for the converter in one of your > faces-config.xml files. The following entry will override the standard > converer that is applied to any property of type Integer: > > <converter> > <converter-for-class>java.lang.Integer</converter-for-class> > > <converter-class>com.mycompany.MyIntegerConverter</converter-class> > </converter> > > Your config files are read *after* the JSF implementation has been > configured, so this *replaces* the standard one. > > > I have lots of converters registered by class, and I want to DI a > > managed JSF bean into each of them. How do I do this? > > In other words, you want to use DI for configuring properties on a by-class > converter? That, sadly, isn't supported unless you were to override the > Application instance provided by your JSF impementation (or if your JSF > implementation provided this feature as part of its own implementation, hint > hint :-). The technique I described doesn't reference any by-id or by-type > registered converters ... it creates anonymous instances. > > But you don't *need* to use DI for this if your MyIntegerConverter class > (see previous example) is already set up exactly the way you want it after > the public zero-args constructor returns. All you need for that is the > registration described above. > > > -Mike > > > > Craig > > -- http://www.irian.at Your JSF powerhouse - JSF Trainings in English and German
