JSF with Enum 'Validation Error: Value is not valid?

Try item. SetValue(cos) instead of item. SetValue("" + cos.ordinal()).

This did solve the problem. Thank you. – Shamik Mar 30 '10 at 22:07 Weird, the getAsString() of your converter does exactly the same.

– BalusC Mar 30 '10 at 22:09 Ah I see, the root cause is that the converter returns a fullworthy COSOptionType instead of "" + cos.ordinal() in getAsObject(), which thus don't appear at all in the existing options. – BalusC Mar 30 '10 at 22:15 Yes thats the issue. Thanks BalusC for explaining.

– Shamik Mar 30 '10 at 13:21.

The root cause is that the converter returns a fullworthy COSOptionType object instead of the string "" + cos.ordinal() in getAsObject(), which thus don't appear at all in the existing options. At any way, this approach is overcomplicated, especially the enum and the converter. I recommend you to reconsider this approach as follows: Option: package com.

Example; public enum Option { NOTAPPLICABLE("Not Applicable"), OPTIONAL("Optional"), MANDATORY("Mandatory"); private String label; private Option(String label) { this. Label = label; } public String getLabel() { return label; } } Bean: package com. Example; import java.util.

ArrayList; import java.util. List; import javax.faces.model. SelectItem; public class Bean { private List options = new ArrayList(); private Option option; public Bean() { for (Option option : Option.values()) { options.

Add(new SelectItem(option, option.getLabel())); } } public void submit() { System.out. Println(option); } public List getOptions() { return options; } public Option getOption() { return option; } public void setOption(Option option) { this. Option = option; } } OptionConverter: package com.

Example; import javax.faces.component. UIComponent; import javax.faces.context. FacesContext; import javax.faces.convert.

Converter; public class OptionConverter implements Converter { @Override public Object getAsObject(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, String value) { return Option. ValueOf(value); } @Override public String getAsString(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, Object value) { return ((Option) value).name(); } } faces-config. Xml: bean com.example.

Bean request com.example. OptionConverter com.example. Option Relevant part of JSF page: No need to hassle with Enum#ordinal() which is considered evil.

If you were using JSF 1.2 or newer which ships with a builtin generic EnumConverter, the OptionConverter is totally superfluous and can be safely removed.

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