It's supposed to work as you'e described. As Dave says below, use "java.lang.Number" as your data type, and it'll work for both a Long and a Double. You can then use Number.doubleValue() no matter which underlying type was returned.
http://java.sun.com/j2ee/javaserverfaces/1.1/docs/api/javax/faces/convert/NumberConverter.html "The getAsObject() method parses a String into an java.lang.Double or java.lang.Long...." On 11/7/05, Yannick Le Teigner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I use f:convertNumber in my application to display localized number value. > Problam is that if the number entered in the input box by the user has > any decimal digits (i.e. 14.75) then the returned number is a Double. If > the number does not have any decimal digit (i.e 103), then the returned > number is a Long. > The only solution I have found is to put MyBean.value as an object of > type Object, but I have to do type cast all over the place... > > <h:inputText value="#{MyBean.value}"> > <f:convertNumber type="number" maxFractionDigits="2"/> > </h:inputText> > > Has anyone found a way to force the type of the returned value? > > Thanks, > Yannick >
