Generic JSF entity converter [duplicate]

I am using JSF 2.0 view map:

@FacesConverter("entityConverter")
public class EntityConverter implements Converter {

private static final String key = "com.example.jsf.EntityConverter";
private static final String empty = "";

private Map<String, Object> getViewMap(FacesContext context) {
    Map<String, Object> viewMap = context.getViewRoot().getViewMap();
    @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
    Map<String, Object> idMap = (Map) viewMap.get(key);
    if (idMap == null) {
        idMap = new HashMap<String, Object>();
        viewMap.put(key, idMap);
    }
    return idMap;
}

@Override
public Object getAsObject(FacesContext context, UIComponent c, String value) {
    if (value.isEmpty()) {
        return null;
    }
    return getViewMap(context).get(value);
}

@Override
public String getAsString(FacesContext context, UIComponent c, Object value) {
    if (value == null) {
        return empty;
    }
    String id = ((Persistent) value).getId().toString();
    getViewMap(context).put(id, value);
    return id;
}
}