I had no luck with a custom converter which dynamically reads it's
attributes in the getAsString() method call. I could only get the
attributes for the converter to be read once -- if the attribute
values changed, the converter would not notice (which I think is a
serious limitation)
Just in case someone stumbles on this thread, I implemented the
following solution which programatically associates a converter with
a UIComponent:
http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-Dynamic-Converter-p454911.html
Hope this helps someone in the future.
-Sol
On Jun 19, 2007, at 5:24 PM, kindsol wrote:
After digging around in the source code, the mailing list and some
books, it looks like I need to override the getAsString() method of
this converter, read the timeZone attribute from the converter, and
explicitly set the timeZone instance variable in the
<s:convertDateTime> converter.
I know how to get component attributes via valueBinding. Is it
possible to get attributes of a converter in the getAsString() method?
Does anyone have an example?
-Sol
On Jun 19, 2007, at 2:50 PM, kindsol wrote:
It is my understanding that the standard JSF tag
<f:convertDateTime> only loads the timeZone attribute once per
session.
In my application, I allow my users to change their default
timezone, however, due the the behavior stated above, my users
need to logout then back in to see the timezone change take place.
I read (somewhere) that by creating a custom converter tag the
attributes can (will?) be reloaded every refresh. Seeing that
there is a custom <s:convertDateTime> tag in the sandbox, I got
that running -- but I am seeing the same behavior.
Any ideas on how to force the timezone Attribute to be re-read on
a page refresh?
-Sol
