moved generic converter to spi; added entity converter; removed various service impls in favor of service factory

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/converter/ConditionalGenericConverter.java

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
+package org.springframework.core.convert.converter;
+
 
 /**
  * A generic converter that, as a ConverterMatcher, conditionally executes.

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/converter/ConverterMatcher.java

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
+package org.springframework.core.convert.converter;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
 
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
  * For example, when converting from a String to a Date field, an implementation might return true only if the target Date field has also been annotated with <code>@DateTimeFormat</code>.
  * @author Keith Donald
  * @since 3.0
+ * TODO - consider collapsing into ConditionalGenericConverter
  */
 public interface ConverterMatcher {
 

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/converter/ConverterRegistry.java

@@ -34,7 +34,15 @@ public interface ConverterRegistry {
 	void addConverterFactory(ConverterFactory<?, ?> converterFactory);
 
 	/**
-	 * Remove the conversion logic for the sourceType to the targetType.
+	 * Add a generic converter to this registry.
+	 * @param sourceType the source type to convert from
+	 * @param targetType the target type to convert to
+	 * @param converter the generic converter
+	 */
+	void addGenericConverter(GenericConverter converter);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Remove any converters from sourceType to targetType.
 	 * @param sourceType the source type
 	 * @param targetType the target type
 	 */

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/converter/GenericConverter.java

@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
+package org.springframework.core.convert.converter;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConverterFactory;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.support.GenericConversionService;
 
 /**
  * Uniform converter interface as returned from {@link GenericConversionService#getConverter}.
@@ -35,6 +34,13 @@ import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConverterFactory;
  */
 public interface GenericConverter {
 
+	/**
+	 * The source and target types this converter can convert between.
+	 * Each entry in the returned array is a two-element array where the first element is a sourceType that can be converted from, 
+	 * and the second element is a targetType that can be converted to.
+	 */
+	public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes();
+
 	/**
 	 * Convert the source to the targetType described by the TypeDescriptor.
 	 * @param source the source object to convert (may be null)

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

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
 import static org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionUtils.asList;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 
 /**
  * Converts from a source array to a target array type.
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ final class ArrayToArrayConverter implements GenericConverter {
 	public ArrayToArrayConverter(GenericConversionService conversionService) {
 		this.helperConverter = new CollectionToArrayConverter(conversionService);
 	}
+	
+	public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes() {
+		return new Class<?>[][] { { Object[].class, Object[].class } };
+	}
 
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {		
 		return this.helperConverter.convert(asList(source), sourceType, targetType);

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

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 
 /**
  * Converts from an array to a collection.
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ final class ArrayToCollectionConverter implements GenericConverter {
 		this.conversionService = conversionService;
 	}
 
+	public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes() {
+		return new Class<?>[][] { { Object[].class, Collection.class } };
+	}
+
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		if (source == null) {

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

@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
 
 import static org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionUtils.asList;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 
 /**
  * Converts from an array to a Map.
@@ -34,6 +37,10 @@ final class ArrayToMapConverter implements GenericConverter {
 		this.helperConverter = new CollectionToMapConverter(conversionService);
 	}
 
+	public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes() {
+		return new Class<?>[][] { { Object[].class, Map.class } };
+	}
+
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		return this.helperConverter.convert(asList(source), sourceType, targetType);
 	}

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

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
 import static org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionUtils.asList;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 
 /**
  * Converts from an array to a single Object.
@@ -34,6 +35,10 @@ final class ArrayToObjectConverter implements GenericConverter {
 		this.helperConverter = new CollectionToObjectConverter(conversionService);
 	}
 
+	public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes() {
+		return new Class<?>[][] { { Object[].class, Object.class } };
+	}
+
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		return this.helperConverter.convert(asList(source), sourceType, targetType);
 	}

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

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 
 /**
  * Converts from a Collection to an array.
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ final class CollectionToArrayConverter implements GenericConverter {
 		this.conversionService = conversionService;
 	}
 
+	public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes() {
+		return new Class<?>[][] { { Collection.class, Object[].class } };
+	}
+
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		if (source == null) {
 			return this.conversionService.convertNullSource(sourceType, targetType);

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

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 
 /**
  * Converts from a source Collection to target Collection type.
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ final class CollectionToCollectionConverter implements GenericConverter {
 		this.conversionService = conversionService;
 	}
 
+	public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes() {
+		return new Class<?>[][] { { Collection.class, Collection.class } };
+	}
+
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		if (source == null) {

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

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
-import org.springframework.core.style.StylerUtils;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 
 /**
  * Converts from a Collection to a Map.
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ final class CollectionToMapConverter implements GenericConverter {
 		this.conversionService = conversionService;
 	}
 
+	public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes() {
+		return new Class<?>[][] { { Collection.class, Map.class } };
+	}
+
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		if (source == null) {

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

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 
 /**
  * Converts from a Collection to a single Object.
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ final class CollectionToObjectConverter implements GenericConverter {
 		this.conversionService = conversionService;
 	}
 
+	public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes() {
+		return new Class<?>[][] { { Collection.class, Object.class } };
+	}
+
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		if (source == null) {
 			return this.conversionService.convertNullSource(sourceType, targetType);

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

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.core.convert.support;
+
+import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
+
+/**
+ * A factor for creating common ConversionService configurations.
+ * @author Keith Donald
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public final class ConversionServiceFactory {
+
+	private ConversionServiceFactory() {
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a default ConversionService.
+	 */
+	public static ConversionService createDefault() {
+		GenericConversionService conversionService = new GenericConversionService();
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ArrayToArrayConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ArrayToCollectionConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ArrayToMapConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ArrayToObjectConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new CollectionToCollectionConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new CollectionToArrayConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new CollectionToMapConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new CollectionToObjectConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new MapToMapConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new MapToArrayConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new MapToCollectionConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new MapToObjectConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ObjectToArrayConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ObjectToCollectionConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ObjectToMapConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addConverter(new StringToBooleanConverter());
+		conversionService.addConverter(new StringToCharacterConverter());
+		conversionService.addConverter(new StringToLocaleConverter());
+		conversionService.addConverter(new NumberToCharacterConverter());
+		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
+		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToEnumConverterFactory());
+		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new NumberToNumberConverterFactory());
+		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new CharacterToNumberFactory());
+		conversionService.addConverter(new ObjectToStringConverter());
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ObjectToObjectGenericConverter());
+		return conversionService;
+	}
+}

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

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.RandomAccess;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionFailedException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 
 final class ConversionUtils {
 

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

@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2009 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.core.convert.support;
-
-import java.util.Locale;
-
-/**
- * Default implementation of a conversion service. Will automatically register <i>from string</i>
- * converters for a number of standard Java types like Class, Number, Boolean and so on.
- *
- * @author Keith Donald
- * @author Juergen Hoeller
- * @since 3.0
- */
-public class DefaultConversionService extends GenericConversionService {
-
-	/**
-	 * Create a new default conversion service, installing the default converters.
-	 */
-	public DefaultConversionService() {
-		addConverter(String.class, Boolean.class, new StringToBooleanConverter());
-		addConverter(String.class, Character.class, new StringToCharacterConverter());
-		addConverter(String.class, Locale.class, new StringToLocaleConverter());
-		addConverter(Number.class, Character.class, new NumberToCharacterConverter());
-		addConverterFactory(String.class, Number.class, new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
-		addConverterFactory(String.class, Enum.class, new StringToEnumConverterFactory());
-		addConverterFactory(Number.class, Number.class, new NumberToNumberConverterFactory());
-		addConverterFactory(Character.class, Number.class, new CharacterToNumberFactory());
-		addConverter(Object.class, String.class, new ObjectToStringConverter());		
-		addGenericConverter(Object.class, Object.class, new ObjectToObjectGenericConverter());		
-	}
-
-}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.core.convert.support;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+
+import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConditionalGenericConverter;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Converts an entity identifier to a entity reference by calling a static finder method on the target entity type.
+ * Also converts a entity reference to a String by printing its id property to String.
+ * For id-to-entity conversion to match, the finder method must be public, static, have the signature 'find[EntityName]([IdType])', and return an instance of the desired entity type.
+ * For entity-to-string conversion to match, a getter method for the 'id' property must be defined.
+ * @author Keith Donald
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+final class EntityConverter implements ConditionalGenericConverter {
+
+	private ConversionService conversionService;
+
+	public EntityConverter(ConversionService conversionService) {
+		this.conversionService = conversionService;
+	}
+	
+	public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes() {
+		return new Class[][] { 
+				{ Object.class, Object.class },
+				{ Object.class, String.class }
+		};
+	}
+
+	public boolean matches(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
+		if (String.class.equals(targetType.getType())) {
+			return getIdAccessor(sourceType.getType()) != null;
+		} else {
+			return getFinder(targetType.getType()) != null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
+		if (String.class.equals(targetType.getType())) {
+			Method idAccessor = getIdAccessor(sourceType.getType());
+			Object id = ReflectionUtils.invokeMethod(idAccessor, source);
+			return this.conversionService.convert(id, String.class);
+		} else {
+			Method finder = getFinder(targetType.getType());			
+			Object id = conversionService.convert(source, sourceType, TypeDescriptor.valueOf(finder.getParameterTypes()[0]));
+			return ReflectionUtils.invokeMethod(finder, source, id);			
+		}
+	}
+
+	private Method getIdAccessor(Class<?> entityClass) {
+		return ClassUtils.getMethodIfAvailable(entityClass, "getId");
+	}
+	
+	private Method getFinder(Class<?> entityClass) {
+		String finderMethod = "find" + getEntityName(entityClass);
+		Method[] methods = entityClass.getDeclaredMethods();
+		for (Method method : methods) {
+			if (Modifier.isStatic(method.getModifiers()) && method.getParameterTypes().length == 1) {
+				if (method.getName().equals(finderMethod)) {
+					return method;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	private String getEntityName(Class<?> entityClass) {
+		String shortName = ClassUtils.getShortName(entityClass);
+		int lastDot = shortName.lastIndexOf('.');
+		if (lastDot != -1) {
+			return shortName.substring(lastDot + 1);
+		} else {
+			return shortName;
+		}
+	}
+
+}

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

@@ -19,12 +19,10 @@ package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
 import static org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionUtils.invokeConverter;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Array;
-import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -35,7 +33,9 @@ import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConverterFactory;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConverterMatcher;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConverterRegistry;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(GenericConversionService.class);
 	
 	private static final GenericConverter NO_OP_CONVERTER = new GenericConverter() {
+		public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes() {
+			return null;
+		}
+		
 		public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 			return source;
 		}
@@ -57,68 +61,6 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 
 	private final Map<Class<?>, Map<Class<?>, MatchableConverters>> converters = new HashMap<Class<?>, Map<Class<?>, MatchableConverters>>(36);
 
-	private ConversionService parent;
-
-	private GenericConverter parentConverterAdapter = new GenericConverter() {
-		public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
-			return parent.convert(source, sourceType, targetType);
-		}
-	};
-
-	public GenericConversionService() {
-		addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Object[].class, new ArrayToArrayConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Collection.class, new ArrayToCollectionConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Map.class, new ArrayToMapConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Object.class, new ArrayToObjectConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Collection.class, new CollectionToCollectionConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Object[].class, new CollectionToArrayConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Map.class, new CollectionToMapConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Object.class, new CollectionToObjectConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Map.class, Map.class, new MapToMapConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Map.class, Object[].class, new MapToArrayConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Map.class, Collection.class, new MapToCollectionConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Map.class, Object.class, new MapToObjectConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Object.class, Object[].class, new ObjectToArrayConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Object.class, Collection.class, new ObjectToCollectionConverter(this));
-		addGenericConverter(Object.class, Map.class, new ObjectToMapConverter(this));
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Registers the converters in the set provided.
-	 * JavaBean-friendly alternative to calling {@link #addConverter(Converter)}.
-	 * @see #addConverter(Converter)
-	 */
-	public void setConverters(Set<Converter<?, ?>> converters) {
-		for (Converter<?, ?> converter : converters) {
-			addConverter(converter);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Registers the converter factories in the set provided.
-	 * JavaBean-friendly alternative to calling {@link #addConverterFactory(ConverterFactory)}.
-	 * @see #addConverterFactory(ConverterFactory)
-	 */
-	public void setConverterFactories(Set<ConverterFactory<?, ?>> converters) {
-		for (ConverterFactory<?, ?> converterFactory : converters) {
-			addConverterFactory(converterFactory);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Set the parent of this conversion service. This is optional.
-	 */
-	public void setParent(ConversionService parent) {
-		this.parent = parent;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns the parent of this conversion service. May be null.
-	 */
-	public ConversionService getParent() {
-		return this.parent;
-	}
-
 	// implementing ConverterRegistry
 
 	public void addConverter(Converter<?, ?> converter) {
@@ -127,9 +69,7 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
 					"Unable to the determine sourceType <S> and targetType <T> your Converter<S, T> converts between; declare these types or implement ConverterInfo");
 		}
-		Class<?> sourceType = typeInfo[0];
-		Class<?> targetType = typeInfo[1];
-		addConverter(sourceType, targetType, converter);
+		addGenericConverter(new ConverterAdapter(typeInfo, converter));
 	}
 
 	public void addConverterFactory(ConverterFactory<?, ?> converterFactory) {
@@ -138,11 +78,16 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
 					"Unable to the determine sourceType <S> and targetRangeType R your ConverterFactory<S, R> converts between; declare these types or implement ConverterInfo");
 		}
-		Class<?> sourceType = typeInfo[0];
-		Class<?> targetType = typeInfo[1];
-		addConverterFactory(sourceType, targetType, converterFactory);
+		addGenericConverter(new ConverterFactoryAdapter(typeInfo, converterFactory));
 	}
 
+	public void addGenericConverter(GenericConverter converter) {
+		Class<?>[][] convertibleTypes = converter.getConvertibleTypes();
+		for (Class<?>[] convertibleType : convertibleTypes) {
+			getMatchableConvertersList(convertibleType[0], convertibleType[1]).add(converter);			
+		}
+	}
+	
 	public void removeConvertible(Class<?> sourceType, Class<?> targetType) {
 		getSourceConverterMap(sourceType).remove(targetType);
 	}
@@ -182,50 +127,6 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 		return invokeConverter(converter, source, sourceType, targetType);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Registers a GenericConverter for the source/target type pair.
-	 * @param sourceType the source type to convert from
-	 * @param targetType the target type to convert to
-	 * @param converter the generic converter.
-	 */
-	public void addGenericConverter(Class<?> sourceType, Class<?> targetType, GenericConverter converter) {
-		getMatchableConvertersList(sourceType, targetType).add(converter);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Registers a GenericConverter for the source/target type pair that will only be matched if the provided matcher returns true.
-	 * @param sourceType the source type to convert from
-	 * @param targetType the target type to convert to
-	 * @param matcher a matcher can restrict a match of the converter based on source and target runtime field types
-	 * @param converter the generic converter.
-	 */
-	public void addGenericConverter(Class<?> sourceType, Class<?> targetType, GenericConverter converter,
-			ConverterMatcher matcher) {
-		getMatchableConvertersList(sourceType, targetType).add(matcher, converter);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Registers a Converter with the sourceType and targetType to index on specified explicitly.
-	 * This method performs better than {@link #addConverter(Converter)} because there parameterized types S and T don't have to be discovered.
-	 * @param sourceType the source type to convert from
-	 * @param targetType the target type to convert to
-	 * @param converter the converter.
-	 */
-	public void addConverter(Class<?> sourceType, Class<?> targetType, Converter<?, ?> converter) {
-		addGenericConverter(sourceType, targetType, new ConverterAdapter(converter));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Registers a ConverterFactory with the sourceType and targetType to index on specified explicitly.
-	 * This method performs better than {@link #addConverter(ConverterFactory)} because there parameterized types S and T don't have to be discovered.
-	 * @param sourceType the source type to convert from
-	 * @param targetType the target type to convert to
-	 * @param converter the converter.factory
-	 */
-	public void addConverterFactory(Class<?> sourceType, Class<?> targetType, ConverterFactory<?, ?> converterFactory) {
-		addGenericConverter(sourceType, targetType, new ConverterFactoryAdapter(converterFactory));
-	}
-
 	public String toString() {
 		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
 		builder.append("ConversionService converters = ").append("\n");
@@ -236,9 +137,6 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 				builder.append("\n");
 			}
 		}
-		if (this.parent != null) {
-			builder.append("parent = ").append(this.parent);
-		}
 		return builder.toString();
 	}
 
@@ -275,8 +173,6 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 		GenericConverter converter = findConverterForClassPair(sourceType, targetType);
 		if (converter != null) {
 			return converter;
-		} else if (this.parent != null && this.parent.canConvert(sourceType, targetType)) {
-			return this.parentConverterAdapter;
 		} else {
 			return getDefaultConverter(sourceType, targetType);
 		}
@@ -443,10 +339,17 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	private final class ConverterAdapter implements GenericConverter {
 
+		private final Class<?>[] typeInfo;
+		
 		private final Converter converter;
 
-		public ConverterAdapter(Converter<?, ?> converter) {
+		public ConverterAdapter(Class<?>[] typeInfo, Converter<?, ?> converter) {
 			this.converter = converter;
+			this.typeInfo = typeInfo;
+		}
+		
+		public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes() {
+			return new Class[][] { this.typeInfo };
 		}
 
 		public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
@@ -464,12 +367,19 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	private final class ConverterFactoryAdapter implements GenericConverter {
 
+		private final Class<?>[] typeInfo;
+
 		private final ConverterFactory converterFactory;
 
-		public ConverterFactoryAdapter(ConverterFactory<?, ?> converterFactory) {
+		public ConverterFactoryAdapter(Class<?>[] typeInfo, ConverterFactory<?, ?> converterFactory) {
 			this.converterFactory = converterFactory;
+			this.typeInfo = typeInfo;			
 		}
 
+		public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes() {
+			return new Class[][] { this.typeInfo };
+		}
+		
 		public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 			if (source == null) {
 				return convertNullSource(sourceType, targetType);

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

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import static org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionUtils.invokeCon
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 
 /**
  * Helper for converting map entries.

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

@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@
 package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 
 /**
  * Converts from a Map to an array.
@@ -37,6 +39,10 @@ final class MapToArrayConverter implements GenericConverter {
 		this.collectionToArrayHelperConverter = new CollectionToArrayConverter(conversionService);
 	}
 
+	public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes() {
+		return new Class<?>[][] { { Map.class, Object[].class } };
+	}
+
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		TypeDescriptor collectionType = TypeDescriptor.collection(List.class, targetType.getElementTypeDescriptor());
 		Object collection = this.mapToCollectionHelperConverter.convert(source, sourceType, collectionType);

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

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 
 /**
  * Converts from a Map to a Collection.
@@ -38,6 +39,10 @@ final class MapToCollectionConverter implements GenericConverter {
 		this.conversionService = conversionService;
 	}
 
+	public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes() {
+		return new Class<?>[][] { { Map.class, Collection.class } };
+	}
+
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		if (source == null) {

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

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 
 /**
  * Converts from a source Map to a target Map type.
@@ -37,6 +38,10 @@ final class MapToMapConverter implements GenericConverter {
 		this.conversionService = conversionService;
 	}
 
+	public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes() {
+		return new Class<?>[][] { { Map.class, Map.class } };
+	}
+
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		if (source == null) {

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

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 
 /**
  * Converts from a Map to a single Object.
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ final class MapToObjectConverter implements GenericConverter {
 		this.conversionService = conversionService;
 	}
 
+	public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes() {
+		return new Class<?>[][] { { Map.class, Object.class } };
+	}
+
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		if (source == null) {
 			return this.conversionService.convertNullSource(sourceType, targetType);

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

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -38,6 +39,10 @@ final class ObjectToArrayConverter implements GenericConverter {
 		this.conversionService = conversionService;
 	}
 
+	public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes() {
+		return new Class<?>[][] { { Object.class, Object[].class } };
+	}
+
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		if (source == null) {
 			return this.conversionService.convertNullSource(sourceType, targetType);

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

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ final class ObjectToCollectionConverter implements GenericConverter {
 		this.conversionService = conversionService;
 	}
 
+	public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes() {
+		return new Class<?>[][] { { Object.class, Collection.class } };
+	}
+
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {		
 		if (source == null) {

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

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 
 /**
  * Converts from a single Object to a Map.
@@ -37,6 +38,10 @@ final class ObjectToMapConverter implements GenericConverter {
 		this.conversionService = conversionService;
 	}
 
+	public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes() {
+		return new Class<?>[][] { { Object.class, Map.class } };
+	}
+
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		if (source == null) {

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

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionFailedException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConditionalGenericConverter;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ final class ObjectToObjectGenericConverter implements ConditionalGenericConverte
 		return getValueOfMethodOn(targetClass, sourceClass) != null || getConstructor(targetClass, sourceClass) != null;
 	}
 
+	public Class<?>[][] getConvertibleTypes() {
+		return new Class<?>[][] { { Object.class, Object.class } };
+	}
+
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		if (sourceType.isAssignableTo(targetType)) {
 			return source;

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

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionFailedException;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 
@@ -186,20 +186,20 @@ public class DefaultConversionServiceTests {
 	
 	@Test
 	public void convertObjectToObjectValueOFMethod() {
-		DefaultConversionService conversionService = new DefaultConversionService();
+		ConversionService conversionService = ConversionServiceFactory.createDefault();
 		assertEquals(new Integer(3), conversionService.convert("3", Integer.class));
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertObjectToObjectConstructor() {
-		DefaultConversionService conversionService = new DefaultConversionService();
+		ConversionService conversionService = ConversionServiceFactory.createDefault();
 		assertEquals(new SSN("123456789"), conversionService.convert("123456789", SSN.class));
 		assertEquals("123456789", conversionService.convert(new SSN("123456789"), String.class));
 	}
 
 	@Test(expected=ConverterNotFoundException.class)
 	public void convertObjectToObjectNoValueOFMethodOrConstructor() {
-		DefaultConversionService conversionService = new DefaultConversionService();
+		ConversionService conversionService = ConversionServiceFactory.createDefault();
 		conversionService.convert(new Long(3), SSN.class);
 	}
 

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

@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertArrayToArray() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Object[].class, new ArrayToArrayConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ArrayToArrayConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		Integer[] result = conversionService.convert(new String[] { "1", "2", "3" }, Integer[].class);
 		assertEquals(new Integer(1), result[0]);
@@ -157,8 +156,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertArrayToPrimitiveArray() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Object[].class, new ArrayToArrayConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ArrayToArrayConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		int[] result = conversionService.convert(new String[] { "1", "2", "3" }, int[].class);
 		assertEquals(1, result[0]);
@@ -176,8 +174,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertArrayToListInterface() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Collection.class, new ArrayToCollectionConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ArrayToCollectionConverter(conversionService));
 		List<?> result = conversionService.convert(new String[] { "1", "2", "3" }, List.class);
 		assertEquals("1", result.get(0));
 		assertEquals("2", result.get(1));
@@ -188,8 +185,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertArrayToListGenericTypeConversion() throws Exception {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Collection.class, new ArrayToCollectionConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ArrayToCollectionConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		List<Integer> result = (List<Integer>) conversionService.convert(new String[] { "1", "2", "3" }, TypeDescriptor
 				.valueOf(String[].class), new TypeDescriptor(getClass().getDeclaredField("genericList")));
@@ -200,8 +196,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertArrayToListImpl() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Collection.class, new ArrayToCollectionConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ArrayToCollectionConverter(conversionService));
 		LinkedList<?> result = conversionService.convert(new String[] { "1", "2", "3" }, LinkedList.class);
 		assertEquals("1", result.get(0));
 		assertEquals("2", result.get(1));
@@ -210,14 +205,13 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test(expected = ConversionFailedException.class)
 	public void convertArrayToAbstractList() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Collection.class, new ArrayToCollectionConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ArrayToCollectionConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.convert(new String[] { "1", "2", "3" }, AbstractList.class);
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertArrayToMap() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Map.class, new ArrayToMapConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ArrayToMapConverter(conversionService));
 		Map result = conversionService.convert(new String[] { "foo=bar", "bar=baz", "baz=boop" }, Map.class);
 		assertEquals("bar", result.get("foo"));
 		assertEquals("baz", result.get("bar"));
@@ -226,7 +220,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertArrayToMapWithElementConversion() throws Exception {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Map.class, new ArrayToMapConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ArrayToMapConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToEnumConverterFactory());
 		Map result = (Map) conversionService.convert(new String[] { "1=BAR", "2=BAZ" }, TypeDescriptor
@@ -237,16 +231,14 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertArrayToString() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Object.class, new ArrayToObjectConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ArrayToObjectConverter(conversionService));
 		String result = conversionService.convert(new String[] { "1", "2", "3" }, String.class);
 		assertEquals("1,2,3", result);
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertArrayToStringWithElementConversion() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Object.class, new ArrayToObjectConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ArrayToObjectConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverter(new ObjectToStringConverter());
 		String result = conversionService.convert(new Integer[] { 1, 2, 3 }, String.class);
 		assertEquals("1,2,3", result);
@@ -254,16 +246,14 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertEmptyArrayToString() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Object.class, new ArrayToObjectConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ArrayToObjectConverter(conversionService));
 		String result = conversionService.convert(new String[0], String.class);
 		assertEquals("", result);
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertArrayToObject() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Object.class, new ArrayToObjectConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ArrayToObjectConverter(conversionService));
 		Object[] array = new Object[] { 3L };
 		Object result = conversionService.convert(array, Object.class);
 		assertEquals(3L, result);
@@ -271,8 +261,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertArrayToObjectWithElementConversion() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object[].class, Object.class, new ArrayToObjectConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ArrayToObjectConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		String[] array = new String[] { "3" };
 		Integer result = conversionService.convert(array, Integer.class);
@@ -281,8 +270,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToArray() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Object[].class, new CollectionToArrayConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new CollectionToArrayConverter(conversionService));
 		List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
 		list.add("1");
 		list.add("2");
@@ -295,8 +283,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToArrayWithElementConversion() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Object[].class, new CollectionToArrayConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new CollectionToArrayConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
 		list.add("1");
@@ -310,8 +297,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToCollection() throws Exception {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Collection.class, new CollectionToCollectionConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new CollectionToCollectionConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		Set<String> foo = new LinkedHashSet<String>();
 		foo.add("1");
@@ -326,8 +312,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToCollectionNull() throws Exception {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Collection.class, new CollectionToCollectionConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new CollectionToCollectionConverter(conversionService));
 		List<Integer> bar = (List<Integer>) conversionService.convert(null,
 				TypeDescriptor.valueOf(LinkedHashSet.class), new TypeDescriptor(getClass().getField("genericList")));
 		assertNull(bar);
@@ -335,8 +320,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToCollectionNotGeneric() throws Exception {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Collection.class, new CollectionToCollectionConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new CollectionToCollectionConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		Set<String> foo = new LinkedHashSet<String>();
 		foo.add("1");
@@ -351,8 +335,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToCollectionSpecialCaseSourceImpl() throws Exception {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Collection.class, new CollectionToCollectionConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new CollectionToCollectionConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		Map map = new LinkedHashMap();
 		map.put("1", "1");
@@ -369,8 +352,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToMap() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Map.class, new CollectionToMapConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new CollectionToMapConverter(conversionService));
 		List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
 		list.add("foo=bar");
 		list.add("bar=baz");
@@ -383,8 +365,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToMapWithElementConversion() throws Exception {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Map.class, new CollectionToMapConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new CollectionToMapConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToEnumConverterFactory());
 		List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
@@ -398,8 +379,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToString() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Object.class, new CollectionToObjectConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new CollectionToObjectConverter(conversionService));
 		List<String> list = Arrays.asList(new String[] { "foo", "bar" });
 		String result = conversionService.convert(list, String.class);
 		assertEquals("foo,bar", result);
@@ -407,8 +387,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToStringWithElementConversion() throws Exception {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Object.class, new CollectionToObjectConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new CollectionToObjectConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverter(new ObjectToStringConverter());
 		List<Integer> list = Arrays.asList(new Integer[] { 3, 5 });
 		String result = (String) conversionService.convert(list,
@@ -418,8 +397,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToObject() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Object.class, new CollectionToObjectConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new CollectionToObjectConverter(conversionService));
 		List<Long> list = Collections.singletonList(3L);
 		Long result = conversionService.convert(list, Long.class);
 		assertEquals(new Long(3), result);
@@ -427,8 +405,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertCollectionToObjectWithElementConversion() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Collection.class, Object.class, new CollectionToObjectConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new CollectionToObjectConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		List<String> list = Collections.singletonList("3");
 		Integer result = conversionService.convert(list, Integer.class);
@@ -439,7 +416,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertMapToMap() throws Exception {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Map.class, Map.class, new MapToMapConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new MapToMapConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToEnumConverterFactory());
 		Map<String, String> foo = new HashMap<String, String>();
@@ -453,7 +430,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertMapToStringArray() throws Exception {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Map.class, Object[].class, new MapToArrayConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new MapToArrayConverter(conversionService));
 		Map<String, String> foo = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
 		foo.put("1", "BAR");
 		foo.put("2", "BAZ");
@@ -464,7 +441,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertMapToStringArrayWithElementConversion() throws Exception {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Map.class, Object[].class, new MapToArrayConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new MapToArrayConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverter(new ObjectToStringConverter());
 		Map<Integer, FooEnum> foo = new LinkedHashMap<Integer, FooEnum>();
 		foo.put(1, FooEnum.BAR);
@@ -477,7 +454,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertMapToString() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Map.class, Object.class, new MapToObjectConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new MapToObjectConverter(conversionService));
 		Map<String, String> foo = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
 		foo.put("1", "BAR");
 		foo.put("2", "BAZ");
@@ -489,7 +466,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertMapToStringWithConversion() throws Exception {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Map.class, Object.class, new MapToObjectConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new MapToObjectConverter(conversionService));
 		Map<Integer, FooEnum> foo = new LinkedHashMap<Integer, FooEnum>();
 		foo.put(1, FooEnum.BAR);
 		foo.put(2, FooEnum.BAZ);
@@ -502,7 +479,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertMapToObject() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Map.class, Object.class, new MapToObjectConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new MapToObjectConverter(conversionService));
 		Map<Long, Long> foo = new LinkedHashMap<Long, Long>();
 		foo.put(1L, 1L);
 		foo.put(2L, 2L);
@@ -514,7 +491,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertMapToObjectWithConversion() throws Exception {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Map.class, Object.class, new MapToObjectConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new MapToObjectConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new NumberToNumberConverterFactory());
 		Map<Long, Long> foo = new LinkedHashMap<Long, Long>();
 		foo.put(1L, 1L);
@@ -526,8 +503,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertStringToArray() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Object[].class, new ObjectToArrayConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ObjectToArrayConverter(conversionService));
 		String[] result = conversionService.convert("1,2,3", String[].class);
 		assertEquals(3, result.length);
 		assertEquals("1", result[0]);
@@ -537,8 +513,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertStringToArrayWithElementConversion() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Object[].class, new ObjectToArrayConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ObjectToArrayConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		Integer[] result = conversionService.convert("1,2,3", Integer[].class);
 		assertEquals(3, result.length);
@@ -549,16 +524,14 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertEmptyStringToArray() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Object[].class, new ObjectToArrayConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ObjectToArrayConverter(conversionService));
 		String[] result = conversionService.convert("", String[].class);
 		assertEquals(0, result.length);
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertObjectToArray() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Object[].class, new ObjectToArrayConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ObjectToArrayConverter(conversionService));
 		Object[] result = conversionService.convert(3L, Object[].class);
 		assertEquals(1, result.length);
 		assertEquals(3L, result[0]);
@@ -566,8 +539,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertObjectToArrayWithElementConversion() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Object[].class, new ObjectToArrayConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ObjectToArrayConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new NumberToNumberConverterFactory());
 		Integer[] result = conversionService.convert(3L, Integer[].class);
 		assertEquals(1, result.length);
@@ -576,8 +548,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertStringToCollection() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Collection.class, new ObjectToCollectionConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ObjectToCollectionConverter(conversionService));
 		List result = conversionService.convert("1,2,3", List.class);
 		assertEquals(3, result.size());
 		assertEquals("1", result.get(0));
@@ -587,8 +558,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertStringToCollectionWithElementConversion() throws Exception {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Collection.class, new ObjectToCollectionConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ObjectToCollectionConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		List result = (List) conversionService.convert("1,2,3", TypeDescriptor.valueOf(String.class),
 				new TypeDescriptor(getClass().getField("genericList")));
@@ -600,16 +570,14 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertEmptyStringToCollection() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Collection.class, new ObjectToCollectionConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ObjectToCollectionConverter(conversionService));
 		Collection result = conversionService.convert("", Collection.class);
 		assertEquals(0, result.size());
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertObjectToCollection() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Collection.class, new ObjectToCollectionConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ObjectToCollectionConverter(conversionService));
 		List<String> result = (List<String>) conversionService.convert(3L, List.class);
 		assertEquals(1, result.size());
 		assertEquals(3L, result.get(0));
@@ -617,8 +585,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertObjectToCollectionWithElementConversion() throws Exception {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Collection.class, new ObjectToCollectionConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ObjectToCollectionConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new NumberToNumberConverterFactory());
 		List<Integer> result = (List<Integer>) conversionService.convert(3L, TypeDescriptor.valueOf(Long.class),
 				new TypeDescriptor(getClass().getField("genericList")));
@@ -628,7 +595,8 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertStringToMap() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Map.class, new ObjectToMapConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ObjectToMapConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new MapToMapConverter(conversionService));
 		Map result = conversionService.convert("   foo=bar\n   bar=baz\n    baz=boop", Map.class);
 		assertEquals("bar", result.get("foo"));
 		assertEquals("baz", result.get("bar"));
@@ -637,7 +605,8 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertStringToMapWithElementConversion() throws Exception {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Map.class, new ObjectToMapConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ObjectToMapConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new MapToMapConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new StringToEnumConverterFactory());
 		Map result = (Map) conversionService.convert("1=BAR\n 2=BAZ", TypeDescriptor.valueOf(String.class),
@@ -648,14 +617,14 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertObjectToMap() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Map.class, new ObjectToMapConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ObjectToMapConverter(conversionService));
 		Map result = conversionService.convert(new Integer(3), Map.class);
 		assertEquals(new Integer(3), result.get(new Integer(3)));
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertObjectToMapWithConversion() throws Exception {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Map.class, new ObjectToMapConverter(conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ObjectToMapConverter(conversionService));
 		conversionService.addConverterFactory(new NumberToNumberConverterFactory());
 		Map result = (Map) conversionService.convert(1L, TypeDescriptor.valueOf(Integer.class), new TypeDescriptor(
 				getClass().getField("genericMap2")));
@@ -664,8 +633,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void genericConverterDelegatingBackToConversionServiceConverterNotFound() {
-		conversionService.addGenericConverter(Object.class, Object[].class, new ObjectToArrayConverter(
-				conversionService));
+		conversionService.addGenericConverter(new ObjectToArrayConverter(conversionService));
 		try {
 			conversionService.convert("1", Integer[].class);
 		} catch (ConversionFailedException e) {
@@ -673,18 +641,6 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 		}
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void parent() {
-		GenericConversionService parent = new GenericConversionService();
-		conversionService.setParent(parent);
-		assertFalse(conversionService.canConvert(String.class, Integer.class));
-		try {
-			conversionService.convert("3", Integer.class);
-		} catch (ConverterNotFoundException e) {
-
-		}
-	}
-	
 	public static enum FooEnum {
 		BAR, BAZ
 	}