ConverterTag.java

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package javax.faces.webapp;

import javax.faces.application.Application;
import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
import javax.faces.component.ValueHolder;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
import javax.faces.convert.Converter;
import javax.faces.el.ValueBinding;
import javax.servlet.jsp.JspException;
import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag;
import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport;

/**
 * see Javadoc of <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2ee/javaserverfaces/1.1_01/docs/api/index.html">JSF Specification</a>
 *
 * @author Manfred Geiler (latest modification by $Author$)
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 */
public class ConverterTag
        extends TagSupport
{
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -6168345066829108081L;
    private String _converterId;

    public ConverterTag()
    {
        super();
    }

    public void setConverterId(String converterId)
    {
        _converterId = converterId;
    }

    public int doStartTag()
            throws JspException
    {
        UIComponentTag componentTag = UIComponentTag.getParentUIComponentTag(pageContext);
        if (componentTag == null)
        {
            throw new JspException("no parent UIComponentTag found");
        }
        if (!componentTag.getCreated())
        {
            return Tag.SKIP_BODY;
        }

        Converter converter = createConverter();

        UIComponent component = componentTag.getComponentInstance();
        if (component == null)
        {
            throw new JspException("parent UIComponentTag has no UIComponent");
        }
        if (!(component instanceof ValueHolder))
        {
            throw new JspException("UIComponent is no ValueHolder");
        }
        ((ValueHolder)component).setConverter(converter);

        return Tag.SKIP_BODY;
    }

    public void release()
    {
        super.release();
        _converterId = null;
    }

    protected Converter createConverter()
            throws JspException
    {
        FacesContext facesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
        Application application = facesContext.getApplication();
        if (UIComponentTag.isValueReference(_converterId))
        {
            ValueBinding vb = facesContext.getApplication().createValueBinding(_converterId);
            return application.createConverter((String)vb.getValue(facesContext));
        }
        else
        {
            return application.createConverter(_converterId);
        }
    }

}