Conversion Error AND Validation Error - please explain...

[Jeffrey Porter]

Ok, I’ve spent ½ a day on this & now I need a little help.   I have a page with 2 text fields on it. When I submit the pages I get the messages…   Conversion Error in rack1 Validation Error in rack2 Why are the messages different? Both fields are the same time, just in different classes. Please someone give me a clue. The JSP Code is… <h:outputLabel for="r1" value="rack1" />              <h:inputText id="r1"    value="#{nonConformingMaterial.problemCause}"         maxlength="10" size="20" required="true" />          <h:outputLabel for="r2"  value="rack2" /> <h:inputText id="r2"    value="#{problemImprovementRequest.issuerUID}"        maxlength="10" size="20" required="true" />      <h:commandButton value="save" action="#{taskListMangerBean.saveMethod}"/> <t:messages id="messageList" styleClass="error" summaryFormat="{0} in {1}" />     The Java Code for each object is…   private String problemCause = “”; public String getProblemCause() {             return problemCause; } public void setProblemCause(String problemCause) {             this.problemCause = problemCause; }   private String issuerUID = ""; public String getIssuerUID() {             return issuerUID; } public void setIssuerUID(String issuerUID) {             this.issuerUID = issuerUID; }   Thanks Jeff