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Strategy for mapping entity relationships and converting entities
@Override
public String getAsString(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, Object value) {
    if (value == null) {
        return null;
    }

    Long id = ((BaseEntity) value).getId();
    return String.valueOf(id);
}

@Override
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public Object getAsObject(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, String value) {
    if (value == null) {
        return null;
    }

    Long id = Long.valueOf(value);
    Class<BaseEntity> type = (Class<BaseEntity>) component.getValueExpression("value").getType(context.getELContext());
    return genericDAO.find(id, type);
}