JSF Converter how to use property in faces-config

Question

I have made an Converter for my listbox, and it is working.
Now I want to use a property to change the behavior of the converter.
My faces-config looks like this:
<!-- Converters -->     
<converter>
<converter-for class>model.PacemakerBranche</converter-for-class>
     <converter-class>cconverter.BrancheConverter</converter-class>
     <property>
          <property-name>test</property-name>
          <property-class>java.lang.String</property-class>
          <default-value>12345</default-value>
     </property>
</converter>
I try to set the test property to 12345.
The setTest(String test) is not set.
What am I doing wrong??
My converter looks like this:
public class BrancheConverter implements Converter {
private String test;
public String getTest() {
System.out.println("getTest " + test);
return test;
public void setTest(String test) {
System.out.println("setTest " + test);
this.test = test;
public Object getAsObject(FacesContext ctx, UIComponent component,
String value) {
return getMgr(ctx).getObject(model.PacemakerBranche.class, new Long(value));
public String getAsString(FacesContext ctx, UIComponent component,
Object object) {
return ((BaseObject) object).getId().toString();
private Manager getMgr(FacesContext ctx) throws HibernateException {
return (Manager) FacesContextUtils.getWebApplicationContext(ctx).getBean("manager");
}

Answer 1

You can't use f:converter tag for setting properties.
There are two ways you can use:
(1) use f:attribute tag
ex.<h:inputText value="#{...}"/>
  <f:converter converterId="...."/>
  <f:attribute name="test" value="#{...}"/>
</h:inputText>Note that you should get the value of the attribute from the UIInput component, something like:comp.getAttributes.get("test");(2) develop a custom converter tag.