ConversionService is able to apply Converters to interface-based array elements (SPR-7150); a context ConversionService is able to override an ApplicationContext's resource editors (SPR-7079)

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

@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ public class PropertyEditorRegistrySupport implements PropertyEditorRegistry {
 
 	private Map<Class, PropertyEditor> defaultEditors;
 
+	private Map<Class, PropertyEditor> overriddenDefaultEditors;
+
 	private Map<Class, PropertyEditor> customEditors;
 
 	private Map<String, CustomEditorHolder> customEditorsForPath;
@@ -141,6 +143,22 @@ public class PropertyEditorRegistrySupport implements PropertyEditorRegistry {
 		this.configValueEditorsActive = true;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Override the default editor for the specified type with the given property editor.
+	 * <p>Note that this is different from registering a custom editor in that the editor
+	 * semantically still is a default editor. A ConversionService will override such a
+	 * default editor, whereas custom editors usually override the ConversionService.
+	 * @param requiredType the type of the property
+	 * @param propertyEditor the editor to register
+	 * @see #registerCustomEditor(Class, PropertyEditor)
+	 */
+	public void overrideDefaultEditor(Class requiredType, PropertyEditor propertyEditor) {
+		if (this.overriddenDefaultEditors == null) {
+			this.overriddenDefaultEditors = new HashMap<Class, PropertyEditor>();
+		}
+		this.overriddenDefaultEditors.put(requiredType, propertyEditor);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Retrieve the default editor for the given property type, if any.
 	 * <p>Lazily registers the default editors, if they are active.
@@ -152,8 +170,14 @@ public class PropertyEditorRegistrySupport implements PropertyEditorRegistry {
 		if (!this.defaultEditorsActive) {
 			return null;
 		}
+		if (this.overriddenDefaultEditors != null) {
+			PropertyEditor editor = this.overriddenDefaultEditors.get(requiredType);
+			if (editor != null) {
+				return editor;
+			}
+		}
 		if (this.defaultEditors == null) {
-			doRegisterDefaultEditors();
+			createDefaultEditors();
 		}
 		return this.defaultEditors.get(requiredType);
 	}
@@ -161,7 +185,7 @@ public class PropertyEditorRegistrySupport implements PropertyEditorRegistry {
 	/**
 	 * Actually register the default editors for this registry instance.
 	 */
-	private void doRegisterDefaultEditors() {
+	private void createDefaultEditors() {
 		this.defaultEditors = new HashMap<Class, PropertyEditor>(64);
 
 		// Simple editors, without parameterization capabilities.
@@ -234,9 +258,10 @@ public class PropertyEditorRegistrySupport implements PropertyEditorRegistry {
 	 * @param target the target registry to copy to
 	 */
 	protected void copyDefaultEditorsTo(PropertyEditorRegistrySupport target) {
-		target.defaultEditors = this.defaultEditors;
 		target.defaultEditorsActive = this.defaultEditorsActive;
 		target.configValueEditorsActive = this.configValueEditorsActive;
+		target.defaultEditors = this.defaultEditors;
+		target.overriddenDefaultEditors = this.overriddenDefaultEditors;
 	}
 
 

org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/support/ResourceEditorRegistrar.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2007 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 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.
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.beans.support;
 
+import java.beans.PropertyEditor;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URI;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.PropertyEditorRegistrar;
 import org.springframework.beans.PropertyEditorRegistry;
+import org.springframework.beans.PropertyEditorRegistrySupport;
 import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.ClassEditor;
 import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.FileEditor;
 import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.InputSourceEditor;
@@ -80,20 +82,33 @@ public class ResourceEditorRegistrar implements PropertyEditorRegistrar {
 	 */
 	public void registerCustomEditors(PropertyEditorRegistry registry) {
 		ResourceEditor baseEditor = new ResourceEditor(this.resourceLoader);
-		registry.registerCustomEditor(Resource.class, baseEditor);
-		registry.registerCustomEditor(InputStream.class, new InputStreamEditor(baseEditor));
-		registry.registerCustomEditor(InputSource.class, new InputSourceEditor(baseEditor));
-		registry.registerCustomEditor(File.class, new FileEditor(baseEditor));
-		registry.registerCustomEditor(URL.class, new URLEditor(baseEditor));
+		doRegisterEditor(registry, Resource.class, baseEditor);
+		doRegisterEditor(registry, InputStream.class, new InputStreamEditor(baseEditor));
+		doRegisterEditor(registry, InputSource.class, new InputSourceEditor(baseEditor));
+		doRegisterEditor(registry, File.class, new FileEditor(baseEditor));
+		doRegisterEditor(registry, URL.class, new URLEditor(baseEditor));
 
 		ClassLoader classLoader = this.resourceLoader.getClassLoader();
-		registry.registerCustomEditor(Class.class, new ClassEditor(classLoader));
-		registry.registerCustomEditor(URI.class, new URIEditor(classLoader));
+		doRegisterEditor(registry, Class.class, new ClassEditor(classLoader));
+		doRegisterEditor(registry, URI.class, new URIEditor(classLoader));
 
 		if (this.resourceLoader instanceof ResourcePatternResolver) {
-			registry.registerCustomEditor(Resource[].class,
+			doRegisterEditor(registry, Resource[].class,
 					new ResourceArrayPropertyEditor((ResourcePatternResolver) this.resourceLoader));
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Override default editor, if possible (since that's what we really mean to do here);
+	 * otherwise register as a custom editor.
+	 */
+	private void doRegisterEditor(PropertyEditorRegistry registry, Class requiredType, PropertyEditor editor) {
+		if (registry instanceof PropertyEditorRegistrySupport) {
+			((PropertyEditorRegistrySupport) registry).overrideDefaultEditor(requiredType, editor);
+		}
+		else {
+			registry.registerCustomEditor(requiredType, editor);
+		}
+	}
+
 }

org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/support/ConversionServiceFactoryBeanTests.java

@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
 
 package org.springframework.context.support;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import org.junit.Test;
+
 import org.springframework.beans.ResourceTestBean;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConverterFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource;
 
 /**
  * @author Keith Donald
@@ -92,16 +93,25 @@ public class ConversionServiceFactoryBeanTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void conversionServiceInApplicationContext() {
-		ApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("conversionService.xml", getClass());
+		doTestConversionServiceInApplicationContext("conversionService.xml", ClassPathResource.class);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void conversionServiceInApplicationContextWithResourceOverriding() {
+		doTestConversionServiceInApplicationContext("conversionServiceWithResourceOverriding.xml", FileSystemResource.class);
+	}
+
+	private void doTestConversionServiceInApplicationContext(String fileName, Class resourceClass) {
+		ApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(fileName, getClass());
 		ResourceTestBean tb = ctx.getBean("resourceTestBean", ResourceTestBean.class);
-		assertTrue(tb.getResource() instanceof ClassPathResource);
+		assertTrue(resourceClass.isInstance(tb.getResource()));
 		assertTrue(tb.getResourceArray().length > 0);
-		assertTrue(tb.getResourceArray()[0] instanceof ClassPathResource);
+		assertTrue(resourceClass.isInstance(tb.getResourceArray()[0]));
 		assertTrue(tb.getResourceMap().size() == 1);
-		assertTrue(tb.getResourceMap().get("key1") instanceof ClassPathResource);
+		assertTrue(resourceClass.isInstance(tb.getResourceMap().get("key1")));
 		assertTrue(tb.getResourceArrayMap().size() == 1);
 		assertTrue(tb.getResourceArrayMap().get("key1").length > 0);
-		assertTrue(tb.getResourceArrayMap().get("key1")[0] instanceof ClassPathResource);
+		assertTrue(resourceClass.isInstance(tb.getResourceArrayMap().get("key1")[0]));
 	}
 
 

org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/support/ResourceConverter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 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.context.support;
+
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
+import org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+
+/**
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
+ */
+public class ResourceConverter implements Converter<String, Resource> {
+
+	public Resource convert(String source) {
+		return new FileSystemResource(source + ".xml");
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/support/conversionService.xml

@@ -3,14 +3,6 @@
 
 <beans>
 
-	<bean id="customEditorConfigurer" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.CustomEditorConfigurer">
-		<property name="customEditors">
-			<map key-type="java.lang.String" value-type="java.lang.Class">
-				<entry key="org.springframework.core.io.Resource[]" value="org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourceArrayPropertyEditor"/>
-			</map>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
 	<bean id="conversionService" class="org.springframework.context.support.ConversionServiceFactoryBean"/>
 
 	<bean id="resourceTestBean" class="org.springframework.beans.ResourceTestBean">

org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/support/conversionServiceWithResourceOverriding.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC "-//SPRING//DTD BEAN 2.0//EN" "http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans-2.0.dtd">
+
+<beans>
+
+	<bean id="conversionService" class="org.springframework.context.support.ConversionServiceFactoryBean">
+		<property name="converters">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.context.support.ResourceConverter"/>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="resourceTestBean" class="org.springframework.beans.ResourceTestBean">
+		<property name="resource" value="org/springframework/context/support/conversionService.xml"/>
+		<property name="resourceArray" value="org/springframework/context/support/conversionService.xml"/>
+ 		<property name="resourceMap">
+ 			<map>
+ 				<entry key="key1" value="org/springframework/context/support/conversionService.xml"/>
+ 			</map>
+ 		</property>
+		<property name="resourceArrayMap">
+			<map>
+				<entry key="key1" value="org/springframework/context/support/conversionService.xml"/>
+			</map>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>

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

@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 				logger.debug("Yes, I can convert");
 			}
 			return true;
-		} else {
+		}
+		else {
 			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
 				logger.debug("No, I cannot convert");
 			}
@@ -252,7 +253,8 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 				logger.debug("Matched cached converter " + converter);
 			}
 			return converter != NO_MATCH ? converter : null; 
-		} else {			
+		}
+		else {
 			converter = findConverterForClassPair(sourceType, targetType);
 			if (converter != null) {
 				if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
@@ -374,6 +376,9 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 					if (componentType.getSuperclass() != null) {
 						classQueue.addFirst(Array.newInstance(componentType.getSuperclass(), 0).getClass());
 					}
+					else if (componentType.isInterface()) {
+						classQueue.addFirst(Object[].class);
+					}
 				}
 				else {
 					Class<?>[] interfaces = currentClass.getInterfaces();
@@ -441,6 +446,9 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 					if (componentType.getSuperclass() != null) {
 						classQueue.addFirst(Array.newInstance(componentType.getSuperclass(), 0).getClass());
 					}
+					else if (componentType.isInterface()) {
+						classQueue.addFirst(Object[].class);
+					}
 				}
 				else {
 					Class<?>[] interfaces = currentClass.getInterfaces();

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

@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
-
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
@@ -30,7 +23,9 @@ import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import org.junit.Test;
+
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionFailedException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
@@ -190,6 +185,24 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 		assertEquals("RESULT", converted);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testInterfaceArrayToStringArray() {
+		GenericConversionService conversionService = new GenericConversionService();
+		conversionService.addConverter(new MyBaseInterfaceConverter());
+		conversionService.addConverter(new ArrayToArrayConverter(conversionService));
+		String[] converted = conversionService.convert(new MyInterface[] {new MyInterfaceImplementer()}, String[].class);
+		assertEquals("RESULT", converted[0]);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testObjectArrayToStringArray() {
+		GenericConversionService conversionService = new GenericConversionService();
+		conversionService.addConverter(new MyBaseInterfaceConverter());
+		conversionService.addConverter(new ArrayToArrayConverter(conversionService));
+		String[] converted = conversionService.convert(new MyInterfaceImplementer[] {new MyInterfaceImplementer()}, String[].class);
+		assertEquals("RESULT", converted[0]);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testWildcardMap() throws Exception {
 		GenericConversionService conversionService = ConversionServiceFactory.createDefaultConversionService();