[BEANUTILS-446] Some of the converters ignore the passed in target type

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.8.3
• Fix Version/s: 1.9.0
• Component/s: ConvertUtils & Converters
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Oliver Heger
• Created: 21/Oct/13 20:16
• Updated: 12/Dec/13 20:37
• Resolved: 08/Nov/13 21:11

Description

Many converter classes derived from AbstractConverter ignore the target type in their implementation of converterToType(). They just perform a conversion to their default type.

Depending on the way converters are registered, this may not be a major problem, but it is inconsistent. In theory it can lead to unexpected data and ClassCastExceptions after a successful conversion.