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

@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConfigurableConversionService {
 	}
 
 
-	// subclassing hooks
+	// Protected template methods
 
 	/**
 	 * Template method to convert a null source.

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

@@ -57,11 +57,13 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
  * @author Keith Donald
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @author Phillip Webb
+ * @author David Haraburda
  */
 public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 
 	private GenericConversionService conversionService = new GenericConversionService();
 
+
 	@Test
 	public void canConvert() {
 		assertFalse(conversionService.canConvert(String.class, Integer.class));
@@ -749,6 +751,13 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 		assertEquals("A", result);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testSubclassOfEnumToString() throws Exception {
+		conversionService.addConverter(new EnumToStringConverter(conversionService));
+		String result = conversionService.convert(EnumWithSubclass.FIRST, String.class);
+		assertEquals("FIRST", result);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testEnumWithInterfaceToStringConversion() {
 		// SPR-9692
@@ -846,6 +855,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 	@ExampleAnnotation
 	public String annotatedString;
 
+
 	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 	public static @interface ExampleAnnotation {
 	}
@@ -888,8 +898,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 		}
 
 		@Override
-		public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType,
-				TypeDescriptor targetType) {
+		public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 			return null;
 		}
 
@@ -932,6 +941,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 		String getCode();
 	}
 
+
 	public static enum MyEnum implements MyEnumInterface {
 
 		A {
@@ -943,6 +953,17 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 	}
 
 
+	public enum EnumWithSubclass {
+
+		FIRST {
+			@Override
+			public String toString() {
+				return "1st";
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+
 	public static class MyStringToRawCollectionConverter implements Converter<String, Collection> {
 
 		@Override
@@ -951,6 +972,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+
 	public static class MyStringToGenericCollectionConverter implements Converter<String, Collection<?>> {
 
 		@Override
@@ -959,6 +981,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+
 	private static class MyEnumInterfaceToStringConverter<T extends MyEnumInterface> implements Converter<T, String> {
 
 		@Override
@@ -967,6 +990,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+
 	public static class MyStringToStringCollectionConverter implements Converter<String, Collection<String>> {
 
 		@Override
@@ -975,6 +999,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+
 	public static class MyStringToIntegerCollectionConverter implements Converter<String, Collection<Integer>> {
 
 		@Override