[BEANUTILS-448] LocaleConverters do not check their default value

• 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: 27/Oct/13 20:47
• Updated: 12/Dec/13 20:37
• Resolved: 08/Nov/13 21:12

Description

Every LocaleConverter derived from BaseLocaleConverter allows specifying a default value. If configured correspondingly, this default value is returned if a null value is to be converted or if a conversion error occurs.

The type of the default value is Object; it is not checked whether the type is compatible with the desired target type. So if an invalid object is set as default value, the converter will return unexpected results.