Javax.faces.convert.EnumConverter - defective by design?

Question

Dear all,
I'm confused as to how javax.faces.convert.EnumConverter is ever supposed to work. It basically does:
getAsString: value.toString();
getAsObject: Enum.valueOf( targetClass, value );
But Enum.valueOf was never designed to be the opposite of value.toString(). The JavaDoc says it is the opposite of value.name(). So if you ever override an enum value to have a different toString than its name (a common occurence)...
enum Gender {
MALE {
   public String toString() {
      return "Male";
}...then EnumConverter won't work for you. Surely this is a bug in the spec?
For a long time now I've been using my own EnumConverter with JSF 1.1. It does...
getAsString: if ( component instanceof UIInput ) return value.name() else value.toString();
getAsObject: Enum.valueOf( targetClass, value );
...so there's a caveat when you're using labels (when you really do want the .toString() instead of the .name() to appear), but for UIInputs (eg. UISelects) you need to use the name() or it will never convert back.
Can this design decision be double checked for JSF 2.0?
Thanks,
Richard.

Answer 1

Okay, thanks. Now logged: https://javaserverfaces-spec-public.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=470