ConvertUtilsBean should allow registering Converters with source class
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Key: BEANUTILS-403
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEANUTILS-403
Project: Commons BeanUtils
Issue Type: Improvement
Reporter: Michael Vorburger
Attachments: ConversionBeanUtilsBugTest.java
ConvertUtils should allow registering Converters not only with destination
class, but with destination AND with source class.
In addition to the void register(Converter converter, Class clazz) method,
there should also be a register(Converter converter, Class sourceClass, Class
destinationClass). The implementation in Converter lookup(Class sourceType,
Class targetType), which currently in the last line just does return
lookup(targetType), should look for a Converter registered with both targetType
& sourceType (if any).
This would allow something like the attached example (Test case) to work, where
I'd like to register a Converter which can turn A into B, as well as another
Converter which can turn into Object into B (imagine B being something like a
DynaBean) - this is not currently possible, but would be useful.
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