Another Beginner Question: Input of Numbers with decimal places

Hello,
another beginner question:

I have some input field on my page that contain numbers with
decimal
places. When I use a dot as decimal point (i.e. 25.50)
everrything works
fine, but I cannot use the german version with comma. Input
of 25,50
results in a error message that the text is not a number.

I tried to us a <f:convertNumber> tag...

<h:inputText styleClass="text"
id="f_monthly_commitments_odd"
            required="true"
           
value="#{customerWebController.customer.rating.debtOthe
r}">
      <f:convertNumber type="number"
pattern="#,##0.00" />
</h:inputText>

, afther that the validation runs fine, but I get a
Exception in that case.

   Exception setting property debtHabitation of base with
class
   de.toyotafinance.web.onlinecredit.scoring.Rating, Bean:
   de.toyotafinance.web.onlinecredit.scoring.Rating,
property:
   debtHabitation, newValue: 200.5,newValue class:
java.lang.Double method
   parameter class: java.math.BigDecimal, argument type
mismatch


Before I go on and write my  own converter: Is there any JSF
Standard
mechanism ? This must be a problem for each german user....

Thanx
Andreas

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