On 4/12/06, Dean Hiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > unfortunately, when JSF/MyFaces calls > AddChildForm.getChildBean().getParent(), that returns a ParentBean. I > think JSF wants a String so it knows which item in the list is currently > selected. It seems as if I can't just pass around objects. I am > thinking I may have to use the database id? Is there any cleaner way > than that? The method above would be quite clean as setParent() would > actually just set the ParentBean stored in the Map which would be nice. > Any ideas?
Use a Converter. Typically you'd use the primary key as the converted value representation, but you don't have to.
