diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/support/BindStatus.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/support/BindStatus.java
index 8d3f0ccb3a..4fd4058ef1 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/support/BindStatus.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/support/BindStatus.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 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.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class BindStatus {
 		this.htmlEscape = htmlEscape;
 
 		// determine name of the object and property
-		String beanName = null;
+		String beanName;
 		int dotPos = path.indexOf('.');
 		if (dotPos == -1) {
 			// property not set, only the object itself
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ public class BindStatus {
 						this.actualValue = this.bindingResult.getRawFieldValue(this.expression);
 						this.editor = this.bindingResult.findEditor(this.expression, null);
 					}
+					else {
+						this.actualValue = this.value;
+					}
 				}
 			}
 			else {
@@ -143,8 +146,9 @@ public class BindStatus {
 			}
 			if (this.expression != null && !"*".equals(this.expression) && !this.expression.endsWith("*")) {
 				BeanWrapper bw = PropertyAccessorFactory.forBeanPropertyAccess(target);
-				this.valueType = bw.getPropertyType(this.expression);
 				this.value = bw.getPropertyValue(this.expression);
+				this.valueType = bw.getPropertyType(this.expression);
+				this.actualValue = this.value;
 			}
 			this.errorCodes = new String[0];
 			this.errorMessages = new String[0];
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/velocity/spring.vm b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/velocity/spring.vm
index 7126ab3cd9..9c1af58841 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/velocity/spring.vm
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/velocity/spring.vm
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
  *
  * @param path the name of the field to bind to
  * @param attributes any additional attributes for the element (such as class
- *    or CSS styles or size
+ *    or CSS styles or size)
  *
  *#
 #macro( springFormInput $path $attributes )
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
  *
  * @param path the name of the field to bind to
  * @param attributes any additional attributes for the element (such as class
- *    or CSS styles or size
+ *    or CSS styles or size)
  *
  *#
 #macro( springFormPasswordInput $path $attributes )
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
  *
  * @param path the name of the field to bind to
  * @param attributes any additional attributes for the element (such as class
- *    or CSS styles or size
+ *    or CSS styles or size)
  *
  *#
 #macro( springFormHiddenInput $path $attributes )
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
  *
  * @param path the name of the field to bind to
  * @param attributes any additional attributes for the element (such as class
- *    or CSS styles or size
+ *    or CSS styles or size)
  *
  *#
 #macro( springFormTextarea $path $attributes )
@@ -178,16 +178,14 @@
  * @param path the name of the field to bind to
  * @param options a map (value=label) of all the available options
  * @param attributes any additional attributes for the element (such as class
- *    or CSS styles or size
+ *    or CSS styles or size)
 *#
 #macro( springFormSingleSelect $path $options $attributes )
     #springBind($path)
     <select id="${status.expression}" name="${status.expression}" ${attributes}>
         #foreach($option in $options.keySet())
             <option value="${option}"
-            #if("$!status.value" == "$option")
-                selected="selected"
-            #end>
+            #if("$!status.value" == "$option") selected="selected" #end>
             ${options.get($option)}</option>
         #end
     </select>
@@ -202,17 +200,15 @@
  * @param path the name of the field to bind to
  * @param options a map (value=label) of all the available options
  * @param attributes any additional attributes for the element (such as class
- *    or CSS styles or size
+ *    or CSS styles or size)
 *#
 #macro( springFormMultiSelect $path $options $attributes )
     #springBind($path)
     <select multiple="multiple" id="${status.expression}" name="${status.expression}" ${attributes}>
         #foreach($option in $options.keySet())
             <option value="${option}"
-            #foreach($item in $status.value)
-                #if($item == $option)
-                    selected="selected"
-                #end
+            #foreach($item in $status.actualValue)
+                #if($item == $option) selected="selected" #end
             #end
             >${options.get($option)}</option>
         #end
@@ -229,15 +225,13 @@
  * @param separator the html tag or other character list that should be used to
  *    separate each option.  Typically '&nbsp;' or '<br>'
  * @param attributes any additional attributes for the element (such as class
- *    or CSS styles or size
+ *    or CSS styles or size)
 *#
 #macro( springFormRadioButtons $path $options $separator $attributes )
     #springBind($path)
     #foreach($option in $options.keySet())
         <input type="radio" name="${status.expression}" value="${option}"
-        #if("$!status.value" == "$option")
-            checked="checked"
-        #end
+        #if("$!status.value" == "$option") checked="checked" #end
         ${attributes}
         #springCloseTag()
         ${options.get($option)} ${separator}
@@ -252,15 +246,15 @@
  * @param path the name of the field to bind to
  * @param options a map (value=label) of all the available options
  * @param separator the html tag or other character list that should be used to
- *    separate each option.  Typically '&nbsp;' or '<br>'
+ *    separate each option. Typically '&nbsp;' or '<br>'.
  * @param attributes any additional attributes for the element (such as class
- *    or CSS styles or size
+ *    or CSS styles or size)
 *#
 #macro( springFormCheckboxes $path $options $separator $attributes )
     #springBind($path)
     #foreach($option in $options.keySet())
         <input type="checkbox" name="${status.expression}" value="${option}" 
-        #foreach($item in $status.value) 
+        #foreach($item in $status.actualValue)
             #if($item == $option) checked="checked" #end 
         #end
         ${attributes} #springCloseTag()
@@ -276,7 +270,7 @@
  *
  * @param path the name of the field to bind to
  * @param attributes any additional attributes for the element (such as class
- *    or CSS styles or size
+ *    or CSS styles or size)
 *#
 #macro( springFormCheckbox $path $attributes )
     #springBind($path)
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/freemarker/FreeMarkerMacroTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/freemarker/FreeMarkerMacroTests.java
index 9e4f320ef6..afb6cfc87a 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/freemarker/FreeMarkerMacroTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/freemarker/FreeMarkerMacroTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 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.
@@ -16,27 +16,26 @@
 
 package org.springframework.web.servlet.view.freemarker;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
-
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
-
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
+import freemarker.template.Configuration;
+import freemarker.template.SimpleHash;
+import freemarker.template.Template;
+import freemarker.template.TemplateException;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.TestBean;
+
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockHttpServletResponse;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockServletContext;
+import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.TestBean;
 import org.springframework.util.FileCopyUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.context.support.StaticWebApplicationContext;
@@ -47,10 +46,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.support.RequestContext;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.theme.FixedThemeResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.DummyMacroRequestContext;
 
-import freemarker.template.Configuration;
-import freemarker.template.SimpleHash;
-import freemarker.template.Template;
-import freemarker.template.TemplateException;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 /**
  * @author Darren Davison
@@ -69,6 +65,7 @@ public class FreeMarkerMacroTests {
 
 	private FreeMarkerConfigurer fc;
 
+
 	@Before
 	public void setUp() throws Exception {
 		wac = new StaticWebApplicationContext();
@@ -219,6 +216,7 @@ public class FreeMarkerMacroTests {
 	}
 
 	// TODO verify remaining output (fix whitespace)
+
 	@Test
 	public void testForm9() throws Exception {
 		assertEquals("<input type=\"password\" id=\"name\" name=\"name\" value=\"\"     >", getMacroOutput("FORM9"));
@@ -272,8 +270,8 @@ public class FreeMarkerMacroTests {
 		assertTrue("Wrong output: " + output, output.contains("<input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"spouses0.jedi\" name=\"spouses[0].jedi\" checked=\"checked\" />"));
 	}
 
-	private String getMacroOutput(String name) throws Exception {
 
+	private String getMacroOutput(String name) throws Exception {
 		String macro = fetchMacro(name);
 		assertNotNull(macro);
 
@@ -296,6 +294,7 @@ public class FreeMarkerMacroTests {
 		fred.setJedi(true);
 		darren.setSpouse(fred);
 		darren.setJedi(true);
+		darren.setStringArray(new String[] {"John", "Fred"});
 		request.setAttribute("command", darren);
 
 		Map<String, String> names = new HashMap<String, String>();
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/freemarker/test.ftl b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/freemarker/test.ftl
index b1e0156186..b6fb4caf4e 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/freemarker/test.ftl
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/freemarker/test.ftl
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ FORM7
 <@spring.formRadioButtons "command.name", nameOptionMap, " ", ""/>
 
 FORM8
-<@spring.formCheckboxes "command.spouses", nameOptionMap, " ", ""/>
+<@spring.formCheckboxes "command.stringArray", nameOptionMap, " ", ""/>
 
 FORM9
 <@spring.formPasswordInput "command.name", ""/>
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/velocity/VelocityMacroTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/velocity/VelocityMacroTests.java
index 04c8497df3..d79048789f 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/velocity/VelocityMacroTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/velocity/VelocityMacroTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 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.
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package org.springframework.web.servlet.view.velocity;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
-
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
@@ -27,10 +26,10 @@ import org.apache.velocity.Template;
 import org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine;
 import org.apache.velocity.context.Context;
 
-import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.TestBean;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockHttpServletResponse;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockServletContext;
+import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.TestBean;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.context.support.StaticWebApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet;
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ public class VelocityMacroTests extends TestCase {
 		vv.setApplicationContext(wac);
 		vv.setExposeSpringMacroHelpers(true);
 
-		Map model = new HashMap();
+		Map<String, Object> model = new HashMap<String, Object>();
 		model.put("tb", new TestBean("juergen", 99));
 		vv.render(model, request, response);
 	}
@@ -112,7 +111,7 @@ public class VelocityMacroTests extends TestCase {
 		vv.setApplicationContext(wac);
 		vv.setExposeSpringMacroHelpers(true);
 
-		Map model = new HashMap();
+		Map<String, Object> model = new HashMap<String, Object>();
 		model.put(VelocityView.SPRING_MACRO_REQUEST_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE, helperTool);
 
 		try {
@@ -126,11 +125,11 @@ public class VelocityMacroTests extends TestCase {
 
 	public void testAllMacros() throws Exception {
 		DummyMacroRequestContext rc = new DummyMacroRequestContext(request);
-		Map msgMap = new HashMap();
+		Map<String, String> msgMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
 		msgMap.put("hello", "Howdy");
 		msgMap.put("world", "Mundo");
 		rc.setMessageMap(msgMap);
-		Map themeMsgMap = new HashMap();
+		Map<String, String> themeMsgMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
 		themeMsgMap.put("hello", "Howdy!");
 		themeMsgMap.put("world", "Mundo!");
 		rc.setThemeMessageMap(themeMsgMap);
@@ -138,9 +137,10 @@ public class VelocityMacroTests extends TestCase {
 
 		TestBean tb = new TestBean("Darren", 99);
 		tb.setJedi(true);
+		tb.setStringArray(new String[] {"John", "Fred"});
 		request.setAttribute("command", tb);
 
-		HashMap names = new HashMap();
+		Map<String, String> names = new HashMap<String, String>();
 		names.put("Darren", "Darren Davison");
 		names.put("John", "John Doe");
 		names.put("Fred", "Fred Bloggs");
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public class VelocityMacroTests extends TestCase {
 		vc.setPreferFileSystemAccess(false);
 		VelocityEngine ve = vc.createVelocityEngine();
 
-		Map model = new HashMap();
+		Map<String, Object> model = new HashMap<String, Object>();
 		model.put("command", tb);
 		model.put("springMacroRequestContext", rc);
 		model.put("nameOptionMap", names);
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/velocity/test.vm b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/velocity/test.vm
index 401b74134a..e125e5efed 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/velocity/test.vm
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/velocity/test.vm
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ FORM7
 #springFormRadioButtons("command.name" $nameOptionMap " " "")
 
 FORM8
-#springFormCheckboxes("command.spouses" $nameOptionMap " " "")
+#springFormCheckboxes("command.stringArray" $nameOptionMap " " "")
 
 FORM9
 #springFormPasswordInput("command.name" "")