revised DefaultBindingErrorProcessor to use direct getPropertyName() and...

revised DefaultBindingErrorProcessor to use direct getPropertyName() and getValue() calls on PropertyAccessException itself (SPR-6111)

org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/PropertyAccessException.java

 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2007 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -55,11 +55,25 @@ public abstract class PropertyAccessException extends BeansException implements
 
 	/**
 	 * Return the PropertyChangeEvent that resulted in the problem.
-	 * May be <code>null</code>; only available if an actual bean property
+	 * <p>May be <code>null</code>; only available if an actual bean property
 	 * was affected.
 	 */
 	public PropertyChangeEvent getPropertyChangeEvent() {
 		return this.propertyChangeEvent;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Return the name of the affected property, if available.
+	 */
+	public String getPropertyName() {
+		return (this.propertyChangeEvent != null ? this.propertyChangeEvent.getPropertyName() : null);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the affected value that was about to be set, if any.
+	 */
+	public Object getValue() {
+		return (this.propertyChangeEvent != null ? this.propertyChangeEvent.getNewValue() : null);
+	}
+
 }

org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/PropertyBatchUpdateException.java

 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 
 /**
  * Combined exception, composed of individual PropertyAccessException instances.
@@ -60,19 +61,18 @@ public class PropertyBatchUpdateException extends BeansException {
 
 	/**
 	 * Return an array of the propertyAccessExceptions stored in this object.
-	 * Will return the empty array (not null) if there were no errors.
+	 * <p>Will return the empty array (not <code>null</code>) if there were no errors.
 	 */
 	public final PropertyAccessException[] getPropertyAccessExceptions() {
 		return this.propertyAccessExceptions;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Return the exception for this field, or <code>null</code> if there isn't one.
+	 * Return the exception for this field, or <code>null</code> if there isn't any.
 	 */
 	public PropertyAccessException getPropertyAccessException(String propertyName) {
-		for (int i = 0; i < this.propertyAccessExceptions.length; i++) {
-			PropertyAccessException pae = this.propertyAccessExceptions[i];
-			if (propertyName.equals(pae.getPropertyChangeEvent().getPropertyName())) {
+		for (PropertyAccessException pae : this.propertyAccessExceptions) {
+			if (ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(propertyName, pae.getPropertyName())) {
 				return pae;
 			}
 		}

org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/TypeMismatchException.java

 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ public class TypeMismatchException extends PropertyAccessException {
 	/**
 	 * Return the offending value (may be <code>null</code>)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public Object getValue() {
 		return this.value;
 	}

org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/DefaultBindingErrorProcessor.java

 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -62,12 +62,11 @@ public class DefaultBindingErrorProcessor implements BindingErrorProcessor {
 
 	public void processPropertyAccessException(PropertyAccessException ex, BindingResult bindingResult) {
 		// Create field error with the exceptions's code, e.g. "typeMismatch".
-		String field = ex.getPropertyChangeEvent().getPropertyName();
-		Object value = ex.getPropertyChangeEvent().getNewValue();
+		String field = ex.getPropertyName();
 		String[] codes = bindingResult.resolveMessageCodes(ex.getErrorCode(), field);
 		Object[] arguments = getArgumentsForBindError(bindingResult.getObjectName(), field);
 		bindingResult.addError(new FieldError(
-				bindingResult.getObjectName(), field, value, true,
+				bindingResult.getObjectName(), field, ex.getValue(), true,
 				codes, arguments, ex.getLocalizedMessage()));
 	}
 
@@ -83,8 +82,7 @@ public class DefaultBindingErrorProcessor implements BindingErrorProcessor {
 	 */
 	protected Object[] getArgumentsForBindError(String objectName, String field) {
 		String[] codes = new String[] {objectName + Errors.NESTED_PATH_SEPARATOR + field, field};
-		String defaultMessage = field;
-		return new Object[] {new DefaultMessageSourceResolvable(codes, defaultMessage)};
+		return new Object[] {new DefaultMessageSourceResolvable(codes, field)};
 	}
 
 }