Mario, you're right.
and even if I smell model 1 here, I want this in MyFaces. This is the KISS principle put into place for JSF. regards, Martin On 4/15/06, Mario Ivankovits <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > > > There is a common tendency for developers using > > JSF to see any "String in, Object out" case as > > being Converter-based; I'd recommend against > > making that assumption. ;) > > > > > > I would agree with that basic sentiment ... after all, the next thing > > people would want for this use case is validators :-). > I still dont get you all. Yes the above is true, we want converters and > validators even for url-get-parameters. > And I dont know what should be bad with this, It makes absolutely no > difference if the user entered the stuff in an form or if the data comes > from the url. > > So this is why I propose to use a minimalistic view as (mini) > controller, though, this is not an requirement, to handle this stuff. > We can have another tag so we can have the full flexibility as we have > now in JSF. > > In code it might look like this: > > <t:getParams> > <t:getParam id="documentId" value="#{documentBean.documentId}" > converter="a.b.c.DocumentIdEntityConverter"> > <f:validator .... /> > </t:getParam> > </t:getParams> > > <h:messages/> > > the analogy to JSF is, that t:getParams is much like a h:form and > t.getParam is the same as h:inputHidden. > > To get the parameters into the url one can e.g.use outputLink or a > enhanced navigation rule. > > I still cant see what will be bad with this. > > > Ciao, > Mario > > -- http://www.irian.at Your JSF powerhouse - JSF Consulting, Development and Courses in English and German Professional Support for Apache MyFaces