BigDecimal conversion error
Introduction

If you are scratching your head trying to figure out why BigDecimals are not working in JSF. Well then read on!

Issue

If you are using injection in JSF that requires you to convert from a String to a BigDecimal you might see the following message:

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: javax.faces.FacesException: javax.faces.FacesException: Error performing conversion of value 1 of type class java.lang.String to type class java.math.BigDecimal for managed bean ....

Solution

The solution is easy, update your JSF libraries to the latest version, see http://javaserverfaces.dev.java.net/download.html

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