problem with seam validator on dates

07. Apr 2008, 20:13 America/New_York | Link William Woodman

I cant get the seam convertDateTime to work.

I have a simple form control declared as follows

...
           <s:decorate id="dateOfBirthDecoration" template="layout/edit.xhtml">
                <ui:define name="label">Date Of Birth</ui:define>
                <h:inputText id="dateOfBirth" 
                             value="#{person.dateOfBirth}">
    				<s:convertDateTime  type="date" dateStyle="medium"  pattern="dd/mm/yyyy" />
    			</h:inputText>	
            </s:decorate>     
...

in the backing entity I have a definition as follows

..
	public GregorianCalendar getDateOfBirth()
	{
		return dateOfBirth;
	}

	public void setDateOfBirth(GregorianCalendar dateOfBirth)
	{
		this.dateOfBirth = dateOfBirth;
	}


...

when i fill in a date line

20\10\1962 i get a seam validation faiure like this

person.xhtml @55,60 value="#{person.dateOfBirth}": java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: argument type mismatch

Bit unclear from the seam documentation as to what this should look like - however i think i had it right - but clearly not.

how do i get the format to accept the DD\MM\YYYY input format ?