Why selectOneMenu Send ItemLabel to the converter?

Question

my JSF page

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Answer 1

BalusC (again) nailed this one for me. I had the same problem and as BalusC pointed out earlier my converter's getAsString() method returned my object's "firstname" property.

@Override public String getAsString(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, Object value) {

    if (value == null || value.equals("")) {
        return "";
    }
    else {
        return String.valueOf(((Employee) value).getfirstname());
    }

}

I changed this to return the id and it started working as expected.

@Override public String getAsString(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, Object value) {

    if (value == null || value.equals("")) {
        return "";
    }
    else {
        return String.valueOf(((Employee) value).getId());
    }

}

BalusC your effort to explain the theory is hugely appreciated. You're heavensent!