polish

org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/ui/format/support/FormattingConversionService.java

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class FormattingConversionService implements FormatterRegistry, Conversio
 							+ "]; does the factory parameterize the <A extends Annotation> generic type?");
 		}		
 		Set<Class<?>> fieldTypes = annotationFormatterFactory.getFieldTypes();
-		for (Class<?> fieldType : fieldTypes) {
+		for (final Class<?> fieldType : fieldTypes) {
 			this.conversionService.addGenericConverter(fieldType, String.class, new ConditionalGenericConverter() {
 				public boolean matches(TypeDescriptor sourceFieldType, TypeDescriptor targetFieldType) {
 					return sourceFieldType.getAnnotation(annotationType) != null;
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ public class FormattingConversionService implements FormatterRegistry, Conversio
 				public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 					Printer<?> printer = annotationFormatterFactory.getPrinter(sourceType.getAnnotation(annotationType), targetType.getType());
 					return new PrinterConverter(printer, conversionService).convert(source, sourceType, targetType);
-				}				
+				}
+				public String toString() {
+					return "@" + annotationType.getName() + " " + fieldType.getName() + " -> " + String.class.getName();
+				}
 			});
 			this.conversionService.addGenericConverter(String.class, fieldType, new ConditionalGenericConverter() {
 				public boolean matches(TypeDescriptor sourceFieldType, TypeDescriptor targetFieldType) {
@@ -99,6 +102,9 @@ public class FormattingConversionService implements FormatterRegistry, Conversio
 				public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 					Parser<?> parser = annotationFormatterFactory.getParser(targetType.getAnnotation(annotationType), targetType.getType());
 					return new ParserConverter(parser, conversionService).convert(source, sourceType, targetType);		
+				}
+				public String toString() {
+					return String.class.getName() + " -> @" + annotationType.getName() + " " + fieldType.getName();
 				}				
 			});
 		}
@@ -127,6 +133,10 @@ public class FormattingConversionService implements FormatterRegistry, Conversio
 		return this.conversionService.convert(source, sourceType, targetType);
 	}
 
+	public String toString() {
+		return this.conversionService.toString();
+	}
+	
 	// internal helpers
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")

org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/ui/format/support/GenericFormattingServiceTests.java → org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/ui/format/support/FormattingConversionServiceTests.java

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import org.springframework.ui.format.number.IntegerFormatter;
  * @author Keith Donald
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  */
-public class GenericFormattingServiceTests {
+public class FormattingConversionServiceTests {
 
 	private FormattingConversionService formattingService;
 
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ public class GenericFormattingServiceTests {
 			}
 		});
 		formattingService.addFormatterForFieldAnnotation(new DateTimeFormatAnnotationFormatterFactory());
+		System.out.println(this.formattingService);
 		String formatted = (String) formattingService.convert(new LocalDate(2009, 10, 31).toDateTimeAtCurrentTime()
 				.toDate(), new TypeDescriptor(Model.class.getField("date")), TypeDescriptor.valueOf(String.class));
 		assertEquals("10/31/09", formatted);

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/ConditionalGenericConverter.java

@@ -15,23 +15,13 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
 
-import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
-
 /**
- * A generic converter that conditionally executes.
+ * A generic converter that, as a ConverterMatcher, conditionally executes.
  * Often used when selectively matching custom conversion logic based on the presence of a field or class-level annotation.
  * For example, when converting from a String to a Date field, an implementation might return true if the target field has also been annotated with <code>@DateTimeFormat</code>.
  * @author Keith Donald
  * @since 3.0
  */
-public interface ConditionalGenericConverter extends GenericConverter {
-
-	/**
-	 * Should the conversion between <code>sourceFieldType</code> and <code>targetFieldType</code> be performed?
-	 * @param sourceFieldType the type descriptor of the field we are converting from
-	 * @param targetFieldType the type descriptor of the field we are converting to
-	 * @return true if conversion should be performed, false otherwise
-	 */
-	boolean matches(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType);
+public interface ConditionalGenericConverter extends GenericConverter, ConverterMatcher {
 	
 }
\ No newline at end of file

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/ConverterMatcher.java

+/*
+ * 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
+
+import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+
+/**
+ * A rule that determines if a particular Converter of S to T matches given a request to convert between a field of type S and a field of type T.
+ * Often used to selectively apply custom type conversion logic based on the presence of a field annotation.
+ * For example, when converting from a String to a Date field, an implementation might return true only if the target Date field has also been annotated with <code>@DateTimeFormat</code>.
+ * @author Keith Donald
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public interface ConverterMatcher {
+
+	/**
+	 * Should the Converter from <code>sourceType</code> to <code>targetType</code> currently under consideration be selected?
+	 * @param sourceType the type descriptor of the field we are converting from
+	 * @param targetType the type descriptor of the field we are converting to
+	 * @return true if conversion should be performed, false otherwise
+	 */
+	boolean matches(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType);
+}

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/DefaultConversionService.java

@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 
 package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
 
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
  * Default implementation of a conversion service. Will automatically register <i>from string</i>
@@ -32,6 +34,21 @@ public class DefaultConversionService extends GenericConversionService {
 	 * Create a new default conversion service, installing the default converters.
 	 */
 	public DefaultConversionService() {
+		addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Object[].class, new ArrayToArrayConverter(this));
+		addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Collection.class, new ArrayToCollectionConverter(this));
+		addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Map.class, new ArrayToMapConverter(this));
+		addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Object.class, new ArrayToObjectConverter(this));
+		addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Collection.class, new CollectionToCollectionConverter(this));
+		addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Object[].class, new CollectionToArrayConverter(this));
+		addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Map.class, new CollectionToMapConverter(this));
+		addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Object.class, new CollectionToObjectConverter(this));
+		addGenericConverter(Map.class, Map.class, new MapToMapConverter(this));
+		addGenericConverter(Map.class, Object[].class, new MapToArrayConverter(this));
+		addGenericConverter(Map.class, Collection.class, new MapToCollectionConverter(this));
+		addGenericConverter(Map.class, Object.class, new MapToObjectConverter(this));
+		addGenericConverter(Object.class, Object[].class, new ObjectToArrayConverter(this));
+		addGenericConverter(Object.class, Collection.class, new ObjectToCollectionConverter(this));
+		addGenericConverter(Object.class, Map.class, new ObjectToMapConverter(this));		
 		addConverter(String.class, Boolean.class, new StringToBooleanConverter());
 		addConverter(String.class, Character.class, new StringToCharacterConverter());
 		addConverter(String.class, Locale.class, new StringToLocaleConverter());

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/GenericConversionService.java

@@ -61,28 +61,6 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 		}
 	};
 
-	/**
-	 * Create a new GenericConversionService.
-	 * Generic converters for Collection types are registered.
-	 */
-	public GenericConversionService() {
-		addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Object[].class, new ArrayToArrayConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Collection.class, new ArrayToCollectionConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Map.class, new ArrayToMapConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Object.class, new ArrayToObjectConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Collection.class, new CollectionToCollectionConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Object[].class, new CollectionToArrayConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Map.class, new CollectionToMapConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Object.class, new CollectionToObjectConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Map.class, Map.class, new MapToMapConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Map.class, Object[].class, new MapToArrayConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Map.class, Collection.class, new MapToCollectionConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Map.class, Object.class, new MapToObjectConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Object.class, Object[].class, new ObjectToArrayConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Object.class, Collection.class, new ObjectToCollectionConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Object.class, Map.class, new ObjectToMapConverter(this));
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Registers the converters in the set provided.
 	 * JavaBean-friendly alternative to calling {@link #addConverter(Converter)}.
@@ -191,7 +169,18 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 	public void addGenericConverter(Class<?> sourceType, Class<?> targetType, GenericConverter converter) {
 		getMatchableConvertersList(sourceType, targetType).add(converter);
 	}
-
+	
+	/**
+	 * Registers a GenericConverter for the source/target type pair that will only be matched if the provided matcher returns true.
+	 * @param sourceType the source type to convert from
+	 * @param targetType the target type to convert to
+	 * @param matcher a matcher can restrict a match of the converter based on source and target runtime field types
+	 * @param converter the generic converter.
+	 */
+	public void addGenericConverter(Class<?> sourceType, Class<?> targetType, GenericConverter converter, ConverterMatcher matcher) {
+		getMatchableConvertersList(sourceType, targetType).add(matcher, converter);
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Registers a Converter with the sourceType and targetType to index on specified explicitly.
 	 * This method performs better than {@link #addConverter(Converter)} because there parameterized types S and T don't have to be discovered.
@@ -214,6 +203,22 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 		addGenericConverter(sourceType, targetType, new ConverterFactoryAdapter(converterFactory));
 	}
 
+	public String toString() {
+		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+		builder.append("ConversionService converters = ").append("\n");
+		for (Map<Class<?>, MatchableConverters> targetConverters : this.converters.values()) {
+			for (MatchableConverters matchable : targetConverters.values()) {
+				builder.append("\t");
+				builder.append(matchable);
+				builder.append("\n");
+			}
+		}
+		if (this.parent != null) {
+			builder.append("parent = ").append(this.parent);
+		}
+		return builder.toString();
+	}
+	
 	// subclassing hooks
 
 	/**
@@ -402,7 +407,8 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 		}
 	}
 
-	private GenericConverter matchConverter(MatchableConverters matchable, TypeDescriptor sourceFieldType, TypeDescriptor targetFieldType) {
+	private GenericConverter matchConverter(MatchableConverters matchable, TypeDescriptor sourceFieldType,
+			TypeDescriptor targetFieldType) {
 		return matchable != null ? matchable.matchConverter(sourceFieldType, targetFieldType) : null;
 	}
 
@@ -421,6 +427,10 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 			}
 			return this.converter.convert(source);
 		}
+		
+		public String toString() {
+			return this.converter.toString();
+		}
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -438,29 +448,97 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 			}
 			return this.converterFactory.getConverter(targetType.getObjectType()).convert(source);
 		}
+
+		public String toString() {
+			return this.converterFactory.toString();
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	private static class MatchableConverters {
 
-		private LinkedList<GenericConverter> matchableConverters = new LinkedList<GenericConverter>();
+		private static final ConverterMatcher ALWAYS_MATCHES = new ConverterMatcher() {
+			public boolean matches(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		};
+
+		private LinkedList<MatchableConverter> matchableConverters = new LinkedList<MatchableConverter>();
 
 		public void add(GenericConverter converter) {
-			this.matchableConverters.addFirst(converter);
+			if (converter instanceof ConverterMatcher) {
+				add((ConverterMatcher) converter, converter);				
+			} else {
+				add(ALWAYS_MATCHES, converter);				
+			}
+		}
+
+		public void add(ConverterMatcher matcher, GenericConverter converter) {
+			MatchableConverter matchable = new MatchableConverter(matcher, converter);
+			int index = this.matchableConverters.indexOf(matchable);
+			if (index == -1) {
+				this.matchableConverters.addFirst(new MatchableConverter(matcher, converter));
+			} else {
+				this.matchableConverters.set(index, matchable);
+			}
 		}
 
 		public GenericConverter matchConverter(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
-			for (GenericConverter matchable : this.matchableConverters) {
-				if (!(matchable instanceof ConditionalGenericConverter)) {
-					return matchable;
-				}
-				ConditionalGenericConverter conditional = (ConditionalGenericConverter) matchable;
-				if (conditional.matches(sourceType, targetType)) {
-					return matchable;
+			for (MatchableConverter matchable : this.matchableConverters) {
+				if (matchable.matches(sourceType, targetType)) {
+					return matchable.getConverter();
 				}
 			}
 			return null;
 		}
+		
+		public String toString() {
+			if (this.matchableConverters.size() == 1) {
+				return this.matchableConverters.get(0).toString();
+			} else {
+				return "[MatchableConverters = " + this.matchableConverters + "]";
+			}
+		}
+
+		private static class MatchableConverter {
+
+			private ConverterMatcher matcher;
+
+			private GenericConverter converter;
+
+			public MatchableConverter(ConverterMatcher matcher, GenericConverter converter) {
+				this.matcher = matcher;
+				this.converter = converter;
+			}
+
+			public GenericConverter getConverter() {
+				return this.converter;
+			}
+			
+			public boolean matches(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
+				return this.matcher.matches(sourceType, targetType);
+			}
+	
+			public int hashCode() {
+				return this.matcher.hashCode();
+			}
 
+			public boolean equals(Object o) {
+				if (!(o instanceof MatchableConverter)) {
+					return false;
+				}
+				MatchableConverter matchable = (MatchableConverter) o;
+				return this.matcher.equals(matchable.matcher);
+			}
+			
+			public String toString() {
+				if (matcher == ALWAYS_MATCHES || matcher == converter) {
+					return this.converter.toString();
+				} else {
+					return "if (" + this.matcher + ") " + this.converter;					
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file

org.springframework.core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/GenericConversionServiceTests.java

@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertArrayToPrimitiveArray() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Object[].class, new ArrayToArrayConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		int[] result = conversionService.convert(new String[] { "1", "2", "3" }, int[].class);
 		assertEquals(1, result[0]);
@@ -174,6 +176,8 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertArrayToListInterface() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Collection.class, new ArrayToCollectionConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		List<?> result = conversionService.convert(new String[] { "1", "2", "3" }, List.class);
 		assertEquals("1", result.get(0));
 		assertEquals("2", result.get(1));
@@ -184,6 +188,8 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertArrayToListGenericTypeConversion() throws Exception {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Collection.class, new ArrayToCollectionConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		List<Integer> result = (List<Integer>) conversionService.convert(new String[] { "1", "2", "3" }, TypeDescriptor
 				.valueOf(String[].class), new TypeDescriptor(getClass().getDeclaredField("genericList")));
@@ -194,6 +200,8 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertArrayToListImpl() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Collection.class, new ArrayToCollectionConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		LinkedList<?> result = conversionService.convert(new String[] { "1", "2", "3" }, LinkedList.class);
 		assertEquals("1", result.get(0));
 		assertEquals("2", result.get(1));
@@ -202,17 +210,43 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test(expected = ConversionFailedException.class)
 	public void convertArrayToAbstractList() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Collection.class, new ArrayToCollectionConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		conversionService.convert(new String[] { "1", "2", "3" }, AbstractList.class);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void convertArrayToMap() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Map.class, new ArrayToMapConverter(conversionService));
+		Map result = conversionService.convert(new String[] { "foo=bar", "bar=baz", "baz=boop" }, Map.class);
+		assertEquals("bar", result.get("foo"));
+		assertEquals("baz", result.get("bar"));
+		assertEquals("boop", result.get("baz"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void convertArrayToMapWithElementConversion() throws Exception {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Map.class, new ArrayToMapConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
+		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToEnumConverterFactory());
+		Map result = (Map) conversionService.convert(new String[] { "1=BAR", "2=BAZ" }, TypeDescriptor
+				.valueOf(String[].class), new TypeDescriptor(getClass().getField("genericMap")));
+		assertEquals(FooEnum.BAR, result.get(1));
+		assertEquals(FooEnum.BAZ, result.get(2));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void convertArrayToString() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Object.class, new ArrayToObjectConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		String result = conversionService.convert(new String[] { "1", "2", "3" }, String.class);
 		assertEquals("1,2,3", result);
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertArrayToStringWithElementConversion() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Object.class, new ArrayToObjectConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverter(new ObjectToStringConverter());
 		String result = conversionService.convert(new Integer[] { 1, 2, 3 }, String.class);
 		assertEquals("1,2,3", result);
@@ -220,12 +254,16 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertEmptyArrayToString() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Object.class, new ArrayToObjectConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		String result = conversionService.convert(new String[0], String.class);
 		assertEquals("", result);
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertArrayToObject() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Object.class, new ArrayToObjectConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		Object[] array = new Object[] { 3L };
 		Object result = conversionService.convert(array, Object.class);
 		assertEquals(3L, result);
@@ -233,6 +271,8 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertArrayToObjectWithElementConversion() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Object.class, new ArrayToObjectConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		String[] array = new String[] { "3" };
 		Integer result = conversionService.convert(array, Integer.class);
@@ -241,6 +281,8 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToArray() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Object[].class, new CollectionToArrayConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
 		list.add("1");
 		list.add("2");
@@ -253,6 +295,8 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToArrayWithElementConversion() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Object[].class, new CollectionToArrayConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
 		list.add("1");
@@ -266,6 +310,8 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToCollection() throws Exception {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Collection.class, new CollectionToCollectionConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		Set<String> foo = new LinkedHashSet<String>();
 		foo.add("1");
@@ -280,6 +326,8 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToCollectionNull() throws Exception {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Collection.class, new CollectionToCollectionConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		List<Integer> bar = (List<Integer>) conversionService.convert(null,
 				TypeDescriptor.valueOf(LinkedHashSet.class), new TypeDescriptor(getClass().getField("genericList")));
 		assertNull(bar);
@@ -287,6 +335,8 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToCollectionNotGeneric() throws Exception {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Collection.class, new CollectionToCollectionConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		Set<String> foo = new LinkedHashSet<String>();
 		foo.add("1");
@@ -301,6 +351,8 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToCollectionSpecialCaseSourceImpl() throws Exception {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Collection.class, new CollectionToCollectionConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		Map map = new LinkedHashMap();
 		map.put("1", "1");
@@ -315,8 +367,39 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 		assertEquals(new Integer(3), bar.get(2));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void convertCollectionToMap() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Map.class, new CollectionToMapConverter(
+				conversionService));
+		List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
+		list.add("foo=bar");
+		list.add("bar=baz");
+		list.add("baz=boop");
+		Map result = conversionService.convert(list, Map.class);
+		assertEquals("bar", result.get("foo"));
+		assertEquals("baz", result.get("bar"));
+		assertEquals("boop", result.get("baz"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void convertCollectionToMapWithElementConversion() throws Exception {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Map.class, new CollectionToMapConverter(
+				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
+		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToEnumConverterFactory());
+		List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
+		list.add("1=BAR");
+		list.add("2=BAZ");
+		Map result = (Map) conversionService.convert(list, TypeDescriptor.valueOf(List.class), new TypeDescriptor(
+				getClass().getField("genericMap")));
+		assertEquals(FooEnum.BAR, result.get(1));
+		assertEquals(FooEnum.BAZ, result.get(2));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToString() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Object.class, new CollectionToObjectConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		List<String> list = Arrays.asList(new String[] { "foo", "bar" });
 		String result = conversionService.convert(list, String.class);
 		assertEquals("foo,bar", result);
@@ -324,6 +407,8 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToStringWithElementConversion() throws Exception {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Object.class, new CollectionToObjectConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverter(new ObjectToStringConverter());
 		List<Integer> list = Arrays.asList(new Integer[] { 3, 5 });
 		String result = (String) conversionService.convert(list,
@@ -333,6 +418,8 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToObject() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Object.class, new CollectionToObjectConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		List<Long> list = Collections.singletonList(3L);
 		Long result = conversionService.convert(list, Long.class);
 		assertEquals(new Long(3), result);
@@ -340,6 +427,8 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToObjectWithElementConversion() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Object.class, new CollectionToObjectConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		List<String> list = Collections.singletonList("3");
 		Integer result = conversionService.convert(list, Integer.class);
@@ -350,11 +439,12 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertMapToMap() throws Exception {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Map.class, Map.class, new MapToMapConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
+		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToEnumConverterFactory());
 		Map<String, String> foo = new HashMap<String, String>();
 		foo.put("1", "BAR");
 		foo.put("2", "BAZ");
-		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
-		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToEnumConverterFactory());
 		Map<String, FooEnum> map = (Map<String, FooEnum>) conversionService.convert(foo, TypeDescriptor
 				.valueOf(Map.class), new TypeDescriptor(getClass().getField("genericMap")));
 		assertEquals(FooEnum.BAR, map.get(1));
@@ -363,10 +453,10 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertMapToStringArray() throws Exception {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Map.class, Object[].class, new MapToArrayConverter(conversionService));
 		Map<String, String> foo = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
 		foo.put("1", "BAR");
 		foo.put("2", "BAZ");
-		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		String[] result = conversionService.convert(foo, String[].class);
 		assertEquals("1=BAR", result[0]);
 		assertEquals("2=BAZ", result[1]);
@@ -374,19 +464,67 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertMapToStringArrayWithElementConversion() throws Exception {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Map.class, Object[].class, new MapToArrayConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addConverter(new ObjectToStringConverter());
 		Map<Integer, FooEnum> foo = new LinkedHashMap<Integer, FooEnum>();
 		foo.put(1, FooEnum.BAR);
 		foo.put(2, FooEnum.BAZ);
-		conversionService.addConverter(new ObjectToStringConverter());
 		String[] result = (String[]) conversionService.convert(foo, new TypeDescriptor(getClass()
 				.getField("genericMap")), TypeDescriptor.valueOf(String[].class));
 		assertEquals("1=BAR", result[0]);
 		assertEquals("2=BAZ", result[1]);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void convertMapToString() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Map.class, Object.class, new MapToObjectConverter(conversionService));
+		Map<String, String> foo = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
+		foo.put("1", "BAR");
+		foo.put("2", "BAZ");
+		String result = conversionService.convert(foo, String.class);
+		assertEquals("1=BAR 2=BAZ", result);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void convertMapToStringWithConversion() throws Exception {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Map.class, Object.class, new MapToObjectConverter(conversionService));
+		Map<Integer, FooEnum> foo = new LinkedHashMap<Integer, FooEnum>();
+		foo.put(1, FooEnum.BAR);
+		foo.put(2, FooEnum.BAZ);
+		conversionService.addConverter(new ObjectToStringConverter());
+		String result = (String) conversionService.convert(foo, new TypeDescriptor(getClass().getField("genericMap")),
+				TypeDescriptor.valueOf(String.class));
+		assertEquals("1=BAR 2=BAZ", result);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void convertMapToObject() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Map.class, Object.class, new MapToObjectConverter(conversionService));
+		Map<Long, Long> foo = new LinkedHashMap<Long, Long>();
+		foo.put(1L, 1L);
+		foo.put(2L, 2L);
+		Long result = conversionService.convert(foo, Long.class);
+		assertEquals(new Long(1), result);
+	}
+
+	public Map<Long, Long> genericMap2 = new HashMap<Long, Long>();
+
+	@Test
+	public void convertMapToObjectWithConversion() throws Exception {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Map.class, Object.class, new MapToObjectConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new NumberToNumberConverterFactory());
+		Map<Long, Long> foo = new LinkedHashMap<Long, Long>();
+		foo.put(1L, 1L);
+		foo.put(2L, 2L);
+		Integer result = (Integer) conversionService.convert(foo,
+				new TypeDescriptor(getClass().getField("genericMap2")), TypeDescriptor.valueOf(Integer.class));
+		assertEquals(new Integer(1), result);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void convertStringToArray() {
-		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Object[].class, new ObjectToArrayConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		String[] result = conversionService.convert("1,2,3", String[].class);
 		assertEquals(3, result.length);
 		assertEquals("1", result[0]);
@@ -396,6 +534,8 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertStringToArrayWithElementConversion() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Object[].class, new ObjectToArrayConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		Integer[] result = conversionService.convert("1,2,3", Integer[].class);
 		assertEquals(3, result.length);
@@ -406,14 +546,35 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertEmptyStringToArray() {
-		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Object[].class, new ObjectToArrayConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		String[] result = conversionService.convert("", String[].class);
 		assertEquals(0, result.length);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void convertObjectToArray() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Object[].class, new ObjectToArrayConverter(
+				conversionService));
+		Object[] result = conversionService.convert(3L, Object[].class);
+		assertEquals(1, result.length);
+		assertEquals(3L, result[0]);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void convertObjectToArrayWithElementConversion() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Object[].class, new ObjectToArrayConverter(
+				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new NumberToNumberConverterFactory());
+		Integer[] result = conversionService.convert(3L, Integer[].class);
+		assertEquals(1, result.length);
+		assertEquals(new Integer(3), result[0]);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void convertStringToCollection() {
-		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Collection.class, new ObjectToCollectionConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		List result = conversionService.convert("1,2,3", List.class);
 		assertEquals(3, result.size());
 		assertEquals("1", result.get(0));
@@ -423,6 +584,8 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertStringToCollectionWithElementConversion() throws Exception {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Collection.class, new ObjectToCollectionConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		List result = (List) conversionService.convert("1,2,3", TypeDescriptor.valueOf(String.class),
 				new TypeDescriptor(getClass().getField("genericList")));
@@ -434,13 +597,16 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertEmptyStringToCollection() {
-		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
-		String[] result = conversionService.convert("", String[].class);
-		assertEquals(0, result.length);
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Collection.class, new ObjectToCollectionConverter(
+				conversionService));
+		Collection result = conversionService.convert("", Collection.class);
+		assertEquals(0, result.size());
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertObjectToCollection() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Collection.class, new ObjectToCollectionConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		List<String> result = (List<String>) conversionService.convert(3L, List.class);
 		assertEquals(1, result.size());
 		assertEquals(3L, result.get(0));
@@ -448,6 +614,8 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertObjectToCollectionWithElementConversion() throws Exception {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Collection.class, new ObjectToCollectionConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new NumberToNumberConverterFactory());
 		List<Integer> result = (List<Integer>) conversionService.convert(3L, TypeDescriptor.valueOf(Long.class),
 				new TypeDescriptor(getClass().getField("genericList")));
@@ -455,56 +623,9 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 		assertEquals(new Integer(3), result.get(0));
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void convertObjectToArray() {
-		Object[] result = conversionService.convert(3L, Object[].class);
-		assertEquals(1, result.length);
-		assertEquals(3L, result[0]);
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void convertObjectToArrayWithElementConversion() {
-		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new NumberToNumberConverterFactory());
-		Integer[] result = conversionService.convert(3L, Integer[].class);
-		assertEquals(1, result.length);
-		assertEquals(new Integer(3), result[0]);
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void convertObjectToMap() {
-		Map result = conversionService.convert("foo=bar bar=baz", Map.class);
-		assertEquals("bar", result.get("foo"));
-		assertEquals("baz", result.get("bar"));
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void convertObjectToMapWithConversion() throws Exception {
-		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new NumberToNumberConverterFactory());
-		Map result = (Map) conversionService.convert(1L, TypeDescriptor.valueOf(Integer.class), new TypeDescriptor(
-				getClass().getField("genericMap2")));
-		assertEquals(new Long(1), result.get(1L));
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void convertStringArrayToMap() {
-		Map result = conversionService.convert(new String[] { "foo=bar", "bar=baz", "baz=boop" }, Map.class);
-		assertEquals("bar", result.get("foo"));
-		assertEquals("baz", result.get("bar"));
-		assertEquals("boop", result.get("baz"));
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void convertStringArrayToMapWithElementConversion() throws Exception {
-		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
-		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToEnumConverterFactory());
-		Map result = (Map) conversionService.convert(new String[] { "1=BAR", "2=BAZ" }, TypeDescriptor
-				.valueOf(String[].class), new TypeDescriptor(getClass().getField("genericMap")));
-		assertEquals(FooEnum.BAR, result.get(1));
-		assertEquals(FooEnum.BAZ, result.get(2));
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void convertStringToMap() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Map.class, new ObjectToMapConverter(conversionService));
 		Map result = conversionService.convert("foo=bar bar=baz baz=boop", Map.class);
 		assertEquals("bar", result.get("foo"));
 		assertEquals("baz", result.get("bar"));
@@ -513,6 +634,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertStringToMapWithElementConversion() throws Exception {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Map.class, new ObjectToMapConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToEnumConverterFactory());
 		Map result = (Map) conversionService.convert("1=BAR 2=BAZ", TypeDescriptor.valueOf(String.class),
@@ -522,49 +644,26 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void convertMapToString() {
-		Map<String, String> foo = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
-		foo.put("1", "BAR");
-		foo.put("2", "BAZ");
-		String result = conversionService.convert(foo, String.class);
-		assertEquals("1=BAR 2=BAZ", result);
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void convertMapToStringWithConversion() throws Exception {
-		Map<Integer, FooEnum> foo = new LinkedHashMap<Integer, FooEnum>();
-		foo.put(1, FooEnum.BAR);
-		foo.put(2, FooEnum.BAZ);
-		conversionService.addConverter(new ObjectToStringConverter());
-		String result = (String) conversionService.convert(foo, new TypeDescriptor(getClass().getField("genericMap")),
-				TypeDescriptor.valueOf(String.class));
-		assertEquals("1=BAR 2=BAZ", result);
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void convertMapToObject() {
-		Map<Long, Long> foo = new LinkedHashMap<Long, Long>();
-		foo.put(1L, 1L);
-		foo.put(2L, 2L);
-		Long result = conversionService.convert(foo, Long.class);
-		assertEquals(new Long(1), result);
+	public void convertObjectToMap() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Map.class, new ObjectToMapConverter(conversionService));
+		Map result = conversionService.convert("foo=bar bar=baz", Map.class);
+		assertEquals("bar", result.get("foo"));
+		assertEquals("baz", result.get("bar"));
 	}
 
-	public Map<Long, Long> genericMap2 = new HashMap<Long, Long>();
-
 	@Test
-	public void convertMapToObjectWithConversion() throws Exception {
-		Map<Long, Long> foo = new LinkedHashMap<Long, Long>();
-		foo.put(1L, 1L);
-		foo.put(2L, 2L);
+	public void convertObjectToMapWithConversion() throws Exception {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Map.class, new ObjectToMapConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new NumberToNumberConverterFactory());
-		Integer result = (Integer) conversionService.convert(foo,
-				new TypeDescriptor(getClass().getField("genericMap2")), TypeDescriptor.valueOf(Integer.class));
-		assertEquals(new Integer(1), result);
+		Map result = (Map) conversionService.convert(1L, TypeDescriptor.valueOf(Integer.class), new TypeDescriptor(
+				getClass().getField("genericMap2")));
+		assertEquals(new Long(1), result.get(1L));
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void genericConverterDelegatingBackToConversionServiceConverterNotFound() {
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Object[].class, new ObjectToArrayConverter(
+				conversionService));
 		try {
 			conversionService.convert("1", Integer[].class);
 		} catch (ConversionFailedException e) {