Retrieve class values from selectCheckboxMenu - jsf

Question

I have a <p:selectCheckboxMenu> and I want to get the selected values back in bean. But the value I receive
when I select an item from the menu it's a string, representing the type field from the CategorizationBean.
I just want when I select an item from the table, to get the whole CategorizationBean structure in the bean.
This is the snippet from the xhtml page:
<p:selectCheckboxMenu label="Categorization"
value="#alertMB.selectedCategories}"
converter="com.converter.CategoryConverter">
<f:selectItems value="#{alertMB.categoryDomainEntry}"
var="category"
itemLabel="#{category.type}"
itemValue="#{category}"/>
</p:selectCheckboxMenu>
Snippet from bean:
public List<CategorizationBean> getSelectedCategories() {
return selectedCategories;
}
public void setSelectedCategories(List<CategorizationBean> selectedCategories) {
this.selectedCategories = selectedCategories;
}
public class CategorizationBean implements Serializable{
private String type;
private long id;

Answer 1

I think that you have missed by using a list of beans, I use this example and it works:
<p:selectCheckboxMenu id="slctRdBtn"
value="#{yourBean.compLovDtgrid}"
converter="compLovDtgridConverter">
<f:selectItems
value="#{yourBean.listCompLovDtgrid}"
var="rdbtn" itemLabel="#{rdbtn.vjlrLibelleRep}"
itemValue="#{rdbtn}" />
</p:selectCheckboxMenu>
and for the converter:
#FacesConverter(forClass=CompLovDtgrid.class , value="compLovDtgridConverter")
public class CompLovDtgridConverter implements Converter{
#Override
public String getAsString(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, Object value)
{
return (value instanceof CompLovDtgrid) ? ((CompLovDtgrid) value).getVjlrCodeRep() : null;
}
#Override
public Object getAsObject(FacesContext context, UIComponent component,String value)
{
if(value == null)
return null;
YourBean data = context.getApplication().evaluateExpressionGet(context, "#{yourBean}", YourBean.class);
for(CompLovDtgrid compLovDtgrid : data.getListCompLovDtgrid())
{
if(compLovDtgrid.getVjlrCodeRep().equals(value))
return compLovDtgrid;
}
throw new ConverterException(new FacesMessage(String.format("Cannot convert %s to CompLovDtgrid", value)));
}
}
and for the list, I use:
public List<CompLovDtgrid> getListCompLovDtgrid()
{
return listCompLovDtgrid;
}
public void setListCompLovDtgrid(List<CompLovDtgrid> listCompLovDtgrid) {
this.listCompLovDtgrid = listCompLovDtgrid;
}