IN PROGRESS - issue SWF-720: Multiple checkboxes to Collection mapping

http://jira.springframework.org/browse/SWF-720

spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/convert/ConversionService.java

@@ -40,11 +40,10 @@ public interface ConversionService {
 			throws ConversionExecutorNotFoundException;
 
 	/**
-	 * Lookup a class by its fully qualified name or alias. As an example, for Long.class the fully qualified class name
-	 * is <code>java.lang.Long</code> and the alias is <code>long</code>.
-	 * @param name the fully qualified class name or alias
-	 * @return the class
+	 * Lookup a class by it alias. For example, <code>long</code> for <code>java.lang.Long</code>
+	 * @param alias the class alias
+	 * @return the class, or <code>null</code> if no alias exists
 	 */
-	public Class getClassByName(String name);
+	public Class getClassForAlias(String alias);
 
 }

spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/convert/converters/PropertyEditorConverter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package org.springframework.binding.convert.converters;
+
+import java.beans.PropertyEditor;
+
+public class PropertyEditorConverter extends StringToObject {
+
+	private PropertyEditor propertyEditor;
+
+	public PropertyEditorConverter(PropertyEditor propertyEditor, Class targetClass) {
+		super(targetClass);
+		this.propertyEditor = propertyEditor;
+	}
+
+	protected Object toObject(String string, Class targetClass) throws Exception {
+		synchronized (propertyEditor) {
+			propertyEditor.setAsText(string);
+			return propertyEditor.getValue();
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected String toString(Object object) throws Exception {
+		synchronized (propertyEditor) {
+			propertyEditor.setValue(object);
+			return propertyEditor.getAsText();
+		}
+	}
+
+}

spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/convert/service/GenericConversionService.java

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import org.springframework.binding.convert.converters.ObjectToArray;
 import org.springframework.binding.convert.converters.ReverseConverter;
 import org.springframework.binding.convert.converters.TwoWayConverter;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
 /**
  * Base implementation of a conversion service. Initially empty, e.g. no converters are registered by default.
@@ -160,22 +159,15 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService {
 		}
 	}
 
-	public Class getClassByName(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+	public Class getClassForAlias(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException {
 		Class clazz = (Class) aliasMap.get(name);
 		if (clazz != null) {
 			return clazz;
 		} else {
 			if (parent != null) {
-				return parent.getClassByName(name);
+				return parent.getClassForAlias(name);
 			} else {
-				try {
-					return ClassUtils.forName(name);
-				} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-					IllegalArgumentException iae = new IllegalArgumentException(
-							"No Class alias or instance found with name '" + name + "' in this ConversionService");
-					iae.initCause(e);
-					throw iae;
-				}
+				return null;
 			}
 		}
 	}