Using a “Please select” f:selectItem with null/empty value inside a p:selectOneMenu

Question

I\'m populating a from database as follows.

Answer 1

This is fully working to me :

The Converter

@Controller
@Scope("request")
public final class CountryConverter implements Converter {

    @Autowired
    private final transient Service service = null;

    @Override
    public Object getAsObject(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, String value) {
        if (value == null || value.trim().equals("")) {
            return null;
        }
        //....
        // No change
    }

    @Override
    public String getAsString(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, Object value) {
        return value == null ? null : value instanceof Country ? ((Country) value).getCountryId().toString() : null;
        //**** Returns an empty string, when no Country is found ---> wrong should return null, don't care about the rendering.
    }
}