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Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:00:07 -0400
From: Paul Spencer <paulspencer@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: SelectBox example not working 'Validation Error "Doors": Value
 is not a valid option."
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Mike,
I like the first suggestion, change the door type to long.  Would you 
like to make the changes, or shall I?


FYI:  I found this while verifying the examples in preparation for a 
1.1.5 release.


Paul Spencer

Mike Kienenberger wrote:
> Yes.
> 
>            <h:selectOneMenu id="doors" value="#{carconf.doors}">
>                    <f:selectItem itemValue="2" itemLabel="2" />
>                    <f:selectItem itemValue="4" itemLabel="4" />
>                    <f:selectItem itemValue="7" itemLabel="7" />
>            </h:selectOneMenu>
> 
> 
>    public void setDoors(int doors)
>    {
>        this._doors = doors;
>    }
> 
> itemValue is a String.   Doors expects an int.   This probably has
> been the most reported issue in the last month.    For RI compatiblity
> (and adherence to the spec), we can no longer coerce itemValue types
> to the backing bean types.
> 
> The easiest fix would be to change the door type to "Long" and then
> use "#{2}" as the itemValue.
> 
> Another possiblity is to enhance t:selectItem to perform the
> coercision as it's not limited by the spec and JSF RI requirements.
> 
> On 3/15/07, Paul Spencer <paulsp@apache.org> wrote:
>> Any idea why the SelectBox example always fails the door validation?
>>    http://example.irian.at/example-simple-20070315/selectbox.jsf
>>
>> Paul Spencer
>>
>