I have an xhtml page where you can enter your name, your birthdate, aswell as your gender.
My task is to convert the incoming String as a LocalDate to use it in a (JSF) validator to check if the person is over 18. The String that I want to convert is alrady in the correct format (eg. 01.01.2022), but as soon as my dateTimeFormatter should convert the String into a LocalDate the format changes an Exception is being thrown. I don't geht why the conversion isn't working and why the Log says somethin about a DateTimeConverter.
This is my Validator:
<h:body>
<h:form id="inputForm">
<h:outputText id="birthdateOutput" value="Birthdate:: " />
<h:inputText id="birthdate" value="#{form.birthdate}" rquired="true">
<f:converter converterId="dateConverter" />
<f:validator validatorId="ageValidator" />
</h:inputText>
<br />
</h:form>
</ui:define>
This is my Converter:
@FacesConverter(value = "dateConverter")
public class DateConverter implements Converter<LocalDate> {
@Override
public String getAsString(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, LocalDate value) {
return value.toString();
}
@Override
public LocalDate getAsObject(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, String value) {
DateTimeFormatter dateTimeFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd.MM.yyyy");
LocalDate returnDate = LocalDate.parse(value, dateTimeFormatter);
return returnDate;
}
}
Thats my Error-Log:
javax.servlet.ServletException: j_idt8:j_idt10: Could not convert '2022-01-10' to a string.
at javax.faces.api@3.0.0.SP04//javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.executeLifecyle(FacesServlet.java:725)
at javax.faces.api@3.0.0.SP04//javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:451)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletHandler.handleRequest(ServletHandler.java:74)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.FilterHandler$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterHandler.java:129)
at io.opentracing.contrib.opentracing-jaxrs2//io.opentracing.contrib.jaxrs2.server.SpanFinishingFilter.doFilter(SpanFinishingFilter.java:52)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.core.ManagedFilter.doFilter(ManagedFilter.java:61)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.FilterHandler$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterHandler.java:131)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.FilterHandler.handleRequest(FilterHandler.java:84)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.security.ServletSecurityRoleHandler.handleRequest(ServletSecurityRoleHandler.java:62)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletChain$1.handleRequest(ServletChain.java:68)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletDispatchingHandler.handleRequest(ServletDispatchingHandler.java:36)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow@24.0.1.Final//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.security.SecurityContextAssociationHandler.handleRequest(SecurityContextAssociationHandler.java:78)
at io.undertow.core@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.server.handlers.PredicateHandler.handleRequest(PredicateHandler.java:43)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.RedirectDirHandler.handleRequest(RedirectDirHandler.java:68)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.security.SSLInformationAssociationHandler.handleRequest(SSLInformationAssociationHandler.java:117)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.security.ServletAuthenticationCallHandler.handleRequest(ServletAuthenticationCallHandler.java:57)
at io.undertow.core@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.server.handlers.PredicateHandler.handleRequest(PredicateHandler.java:43)
at io.undertow.core@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.security.handlers.AbstractConfidentialityHandler.handleRequest(AbstractConfidentialityHandler.java:46)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.security.ServletConfidentialityConstraintHandler.handleRequest(ServletConfidentialityConstraintHandler.java:64)
at io.undertow.core@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.security.handlers.AuthenticationMechanismsHandler.handleRequest(AuthenticationMechanismsHandler.java:60)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.security.CachedAuthenticatedSessionHandler.handleRequest(CachedAuthenticatedSessionHandler.java:77)
at io.undertow.core@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.security.handlers.NotificationReceiverHandler.handleRequest(NotificationReceiverHandler.java:50)
at io.undertow.core@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.security.handlers.AbstractSecurityContextAssociationHandler.handleRequest(AbstractSecurityContextAssociationHandler.java:43)
at io.undertow.core@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.server.handlers.PredicateHandler.handleRequest(PredicateHandler.java:43)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow@24.0.1.Final//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.security.jacc.JACCContextIdHandler.handleRequest(JACCContextIdHandler.java:61)
at io.undertow.core@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.server.handlers.PredicateHandler.handleRequest(PredicateHandler.java:43)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow@24.0.1.Final//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.GlobalRequestControllerHandler.handleRequest(GlobalRequestControllerHandler.java:68)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.SendErrorPageHandler.handleRequest(SendErrorPageHandler.java:52)
at io.undertow.core@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.server.handlers.PredicateHandler.handleRequest(PredicateHandler.java:43)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler.handleFirstRequest(ServletInitialHandler.java:269)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler.access$100(ServletInitialHandler.java:78)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler$2.call(ServletInitialHandler.java:133)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler$2.call(ServletInitialHandler.java:130)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.core.ServletRequestContextThreadSetupAction$1.call(ServletRequestContextThreadSetupAction.java:48)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.core.ContextClassLoaderSetupAction$1.call(ContextClassLoaderSetupAction.java:43)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow@24.0.1.Final//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.security.SecurityContextThreadSetupAction.lambda$create$0(SecurityContextThreadSetupAction.java:105)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow@24.0.1.Final//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentInfoService$UndertowThreadSetupAction.lambda$create$0(UndertowDeploymentInfoService.java:1535)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow@24.0.1.Final//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentInfoService$UndertowThreadSetupAction.lambda$create$0(UndertowDeploymentInfoService.java:1535)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow@24.0.1.Final//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentInfoService$UndertowThreadSetupAction.lambda$create$0(UndertowDeploymentInfoService.java:1535)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow@24.0.1.Final//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentInfoService$UndertowThreadSetupAction.lambda$create$0(UndertowDeploymentInfoService.java:1535)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler.dispatchRequest(ServletInitialHandler.java:249)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler.access$000(ServletInitialHandler.java:78)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler$1.handleRequest(ServletInitialHandler.java:99)
at io.undertow.core@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.server.Connectors.executeRootHandler(Connectors.java:387)
at io.undertow.core@2.2.8.Final//io.undertow.server.HttpServerExchange$1.run(HttpServerExchange.java:841)
at org.jboss.threads@2.4.0.Final//org.jboss.threads.ContextClassLoaderSavingRunnable.run(ContextClassLoaderSavingRunnable.java:35)
at org.jboss.threads@2.4.0.Final//org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor.safeRun(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1990)
at org.jboss.threads@2.4.0.Final//org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$ThreadBody.doRunTask(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1486)
at org.jboss.threads@2.4.0.Final//org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$ThreadBody.run(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1377)
at org.jboss.xnio@3.8.4.Final//org.xnio.XnioWorker$WorkerThreadFactory$1$1.run(XnioWorker.java:1280)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)
Caused by: javax.faces.convert.ConverterException: j_idt8:j_idt10: Could not convert '2022-01-10' to a string.
at javax.faces.api@3.0.0.SP04//javax.faces.convert.DateTimeConverter.getAsString(DateTimeConverter.java:551)
at com.sun.jsf-impl@2.3.14.SP04//com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicRenderer.getFormattedValue(HtmlBasicRenderer.java:491)
at com.sun.jsf-impl@2.3.14.SP04//com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicRenderer.getFormattedValue(HtmlBasicRenderer.java:509)
at com.sun.jsf-impl@2.3.14.SP04//com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicRenderer.getCurrentValue(HtmlBasicRenderer.java:330)
at com.sun.jsf-impl@2.3.14.SP04//com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicRenderer.encodeEnd(HtmlBasicRenderer.java:143)
at javax.faces.api@3.0.0.SP04//javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeEnd(UIComponentBase.java:595)
at javax.faces.api@3.0.0.SP04//javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1654)
at javax.faces.api@3.0.0.SP04//javax.faces.render.Renderer.encodeChildren(Renderer.java:152)
at javax.faces.api@3.0.0.SP04//javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:566)
at javax.faces.api@3.0.0.SP04//javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1647)
at javax.faces.api@3.0.0.SP04//javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1650)
at javax.faces.api@3.0.0.SP04//javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1650)
at com.sun.jsf-impl@2.3.14.SP04//com.sun.faces.application.view.FaceletViewHandlingStrategy.renderView(FaceletViewHandlingStrategy.java:468)
at com.sun.jsf-impl@2.3.14.SP04//com.sun.faces.application.view.MultiViewHandler.renderView(MultiViewHandler.java:170)
at javax.faces.api@3.0.0.SP04//javax.faces.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:132)
at javax.faces.api@3.0.0.SP04//javax.faces.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:132)
at com.sun.jsf-impl@2.3.14.SP04//com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:102)
at com.sun.jsf-impl@2.3.14.SP04//com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:76)
at com.sun.jsf-impl@2.3.14.SP04//com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:199)
at javax.faces.api@3.0.0.SP04//javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.executeLifecyle(FacesServlet.java:708)
... 50 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot format given Object as a Date
at java.base/java.text.DateFormat.format(DateFormat.java:338)
at java.base/java.text.Format.format(Format.java:158)
at javax.faces.api@3.0.0.SP04//javax.faces.convert.DateTimeConverter$FormatWrapper.format(DateTimeConverter.java:495)
at javax.faces.api@3.0.0.SP04//javax.faces.convert.DateTimeConverter$FormatWrapper.access$300(DateTimeConverter.java:470)
at javax.faces.api@3.0.0.SP04//javax.faces.convert.DateTimeConverter.getAsString(DateTimeConverter.java:544)
... 69 more
You do not need a custom converter for this. Just use the built-in <f:convertDateTime>. Since version 2.3 it natively supports java.time.* types such as LocalDate. You only need to set the type attribute of the <f:convertDateTime> conform the documentation and set the pattern attribute to the desired pattern.
So, delete the DateConverter altogether and rewrite your XHTML file as follows:
<h:inputText ... value="#{bean.localDate}">
<f:convertDateTime type="localDate" pattern="dd.MM.yyyy" />
...
</h:inputText>
Do note that the converter runs before all validators and thus the Object value argument in any validator will represent the already-converted LocalDate instance and thus not a String.