RESOLVED - issue SPR-6345: ResourceDatabasePopulator does not handle comments properly when ignoring failures 
http://jira.springframework.org/browse/SPR-6345

SPR-5158: Updated description of HandlerInterceptor configuration to spell out which requests the interceptor is applied to

change PlaceOfBirth toString() so round tripping from String > new PlaceOfBirth(String) > String works ok

created a protected doSetValue method so sub-classes can override the implementation easier (SPR-3978)

created a protected doSetValue method so sub-classes can override the implementation easier (SPR-3978)

extracted creation of new ArgPreparedStatementSetter and ArgTypePreparedStatementSetter into protected methods to allow sub-classes to override (SPR-3977)