Struggling on h:inputText tag for date type property

Question

I am struggling to display a simple form which is attached to a bean having a Date type property.
I get the following exception each time I try to access the form, even it does not display as a blank form for the first time access.
Exception:
[#|2008-01-04T14:39:13.500+0530|SEVERE|sun-appserver-pe9.0|javax.enterprise.system.container.web|_ThreadID=12;_ThreadName=httpWorkerThread-3031-1;_RequestID=676ba2b1-9b5e-4a96-adb5-b1a792507b40;|StandardWrapperValve[jsp]: Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception
javax.faces.FacesException: Error performing conversion of value ' of type class java.lang.String to type class java.util.Date for managed bean userBean.
javax.servlet.ServletException: Error performing conversion of value ' of type class java.lang.String to type class java.util.Date for managed bean userBean.The JSP page contains the following tag for the inputText
            <h:inputText value="#{userBean.dob}" id="dob" required="true">
                <f:convertDateTime pattern="MM/dd/yyyy" />
            </h:inputText>
            <h:message for="dob" />I want to display a blank form with all the text fields blank.
Any help will be much appreciated.

Answer 1

You should be able to do
   <h:inputText value="#{bean.lastDate}"/>Where 'bean' is the managed bean name containing
the method getLastDate().
When the view is rendered, the getter (getLastDate())
will be called to display whatever value is returned.