Bug 188239

Using NetBeans 6.9
JSF 1.2
GlassFish 2 or 3

When using the JSF from entity wizard, the wizard generates code with errors in the getAsString method of converter classes for entities when the table has composite primary keys. This worked in 6.8

When using JSF 2.0, the generated code is fine (although totally different)

The steps are outlined in this tutorial:
http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/web/jsf-jpa-crud-wizard.html

The tutorial uses a mysql database named consult and the script to create the db can be found here:
http://kenai.com/projects/consultingagencysol/downloads/download/base/mysql-consult.zip

Basically, when following the instructions, the wizard generates code with errors in the two converter classes for the entities CLIENT and PROJECT.

Here you can see the difference between the code generated in 6.9 and 6.8
Code generated by NetBeans 6.9.

 public String getAsString(FacesContext facesContext, UIComponent component, Object object) {
        if (object == null) {
            return null;
        }
        if (object instanceof Client) {
            Client o = (Client) object;
            ClientPK id = o.getClientPK();
            if (id == null) {
                return "";
            }
            String delim = "#";
            String escape = "~";


            String setClientName;
            id.getClientName();
            setClientName() = setClientName() == null ? "" : setClientName().replace(escape, escape + escape);
            setClientName() = setClientName().replace(delim, escape + delim);
            Object setClientDepartmentNumber;
            Obj = id.getClientDepartmentNumber();
            String setClientDepartmentNumber;
            setClientDepartmentNumber();
            (ERROR);
            (ERROR);
            setClientDepartmentNumber() = setClientDepartmentNumber().replace(escape, escape + escape);
            setClientDepartmentNumber() = setClientDepartmentNumber().replace(delim, escape + delim);
            return setClientName() + delim + setClientDepartmentNumber();


            // TODO: no setter methods were found in your primary key class
            //    jpa.entities.ClientPK
            // and therefore getAsString() method could not be pre-generated.
        } else {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("object " + object + " is of type " + object.getClass().getName() + "; expected type: jpa.entities.Client");
        }
    }

Code generated by NetBeans 6.9

 public String getAsString(FacesContext facesContext, UIComponent component, Object object) {
        if (object == null) {
            return null;
        }
        if (object instanceof Client) {
            Client o = (Client) object;
            ClientPK id = o.getClientPK();
            if (id == null) {
                return "";
            }
            String delim = "#";
            String escape = "~";


            String clientName = id.getClientName();
            clientName = clientName == null ? "" : clientName.replace(escape, escape + escape);
            clientName = clientName.replace(delim, escape + delim);
            Object clientDepartmentNumberObj = id.getClientDepartmentNumber();
            String clientDepartmentNumber = clientDepartmentNumberObj == null ? "" : String.valueOf(clientDepartmentNumberObj);
            clientDepartmentNumber = clientDepartmentNumber.replace(escape, escape + escape);
            clientDepartmentNumber = clientDepartmentNumber.replace(delim, escape + delim);
            return clientName + delim + clientDepartmentNumber;


            // TODO: no setter methods were found in your primary key class
            //    jpa.entities.ClientPK
            // and therefore getAsString() method could not be pre-generated.
        } else {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("object " + object + " is of type " + object.getClass().getName() + "; expected type: jpa.entities.Client");
        }
    }