ConvertDelegateHandler.java

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package com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.jsf.core;

import javax.el.ELException;
import javax.faces.FacesException;
import javax.faces.convert.Converter;
import javax.faces.view.facelets.*;

/**
 * Register a named Converter instance on the UIComponent associated with the
 * closest parent UIComponent custom action. <p/> See <a target="_new"
 * href="http://java.sun.com/j2ee/javaserverfaces/1.1_01/docs/tlddocs/f/converter.html">tag
 * documentation</a>.
 * 
 * @author Jacob Hookom
 */
public final class ConvertDelegateHandler extends ConverterHandler {

    private final TagAttribute converterId;

    /**
     * @param config
     */
    public ConvertDelegateHandler(ConverterConfig config) {
        super(config);
        this.converterId = this.getAttribute("converterId");
    }

    /**
     * Uses the specified "converterId" to pull an instance from the Application
     * 
     * @see javax.faces.application.Application#createComponent(java.lang.String)
     */
    protected Converter createConverter(FaceletContext ctx)
            throws FacesException, ELException, FaceletException {
        return ctx.getFacesContext().getApplication().createConverter(
                this.converterId.getValue(ctx));
    }

    @Override
    protected MetaRuleset createMetaRuleset(Class type) {
        return super.createMetaRuleset(type).ignoreAll();
    }
}