Primefaces slectOneMenu uses itemLabel as itemValue - jsf

Question

I have an <p:selectOneMenu> which has an <f:selectItems> and in this <f:selectItems> I have set an itemLabel and an itemValue. The Item Value is an Enum Object which contains only a String and the Label is these String. The value of the <p:selectOneMenu> is an Collection of these Enum Objects. The selectOneMenu has an valueChangeListener and when its called it becomes the label as "new Value" and not the value. Has anyone an idea how I can fix this?
<h:form>
<p:selectOneMenu id="changeSpracheMenu"
value="#{sessionManager.currentUser.sprache}"
label="#{messageManager.getMessage('USER')}"
valueChangeListener="#{sessionManager.updateSpracheForCurrenUser}"
converter="sprachConverter">
<f:selectItem itemLabel="#{messageManager.getMessage('LANGUAGE')}"
noSelectionOption="true" />
<f:selectItems value="#{sprachManager.allSprachen}" var="sprache"
itemLabel="#{messageManager.getMessage('LANGUAGE_'.concat(sprache.name))}"
itemValue="#{sprache}" />
<p:ajax event="change" update="#form" />
</p:selectOneMenu>
</h:form>

Answer 1

Instead of using the Event of valueChangeListener, you can send the value of your selectItem to your bean.
For that, you have to modify
<p:ajax event="change" update="#form" />
To:
<p:ajax event="change" listener="#{yourBean.yourMethod(sprache)}" update="#form" />
Now in your bean:
private yourObject sprache;
//getter/setter
public void yourMethod(yourObject typeSprache){
whatever xyz = typeSprache.getWhatEverYouWant();
}