diff --git a/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem-jsf/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/faces-config.xml b/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem-jsf/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/faces-config.xml
index 95b69676..033c0da0 100644
--- a/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem-jsf/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/faces-config.xml
+++ b/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem-jsf/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/faces-config.xml
@@ -9,11 +9,8 @@
 			org.springframework.webflow.executor.jsf.FlowNavigationHandler
 		</navigation-handler>
 		<variable-resolver>
-			org.springframework.webflow.executor.jsf.FlowExecutionVariableResolver
+			org.springframework.webflow.executor.jsf.DelegatingFlowVariableResolver
 		</variable-resolver>
-		<property-resolver>
-			org.springframework.webflow.executor.jsf.FlowExecutionPropertyResolver
-		</property-resolver>
 	</application>
 	
 	<lifecycle>
diff --git a/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/samples/sellitem/SellItemPropertyEditorRegistrar.java b/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/samples/sellitem/SellItemPropertyEditorRegistrar.java
index 7b2e67d2..9ffc7145 100644
--- a/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/samples/sellitem/SellItemPropertyEditorRegistrar.java
+++ b/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/samples/sellitem/SellItemPropertyEditorRegistrar.java
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CustomDateEditor;
 public class SellItemPropertyEditorRegistrar implements PropertyEditorRegistrar {
 
 	public void registerCustomEditors(PropertyEditorRegistry registry) {
-		registry.registerCustomEditor(Date.class, new CustomDateEditor(new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy"), true));
+		registry.registerCustomEditor(Date.class, new CustomDateEditor(new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy"), true));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/conversation-scope/sellitem-beans.xml b/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/conversation-scope/sellitem-beans.xml
index aa7bd74a..34d8cf45 100644
--- a/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/conversation-scope/sellitem-beans.xml
+++ b/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/conversation-scope/sellitem-beans.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
                            
 	<!-- Manages setting up, binding input to, and validating a Sale "backing wizard form object" -->
 	<bean id="formAction" class="org.springframework.webflow.action.FormAction">
-		<property name="formObjectClass" value="org.springframework.webflow.samples.sellitem.Sale"/>
+		<property name="formObjectName" value="sale"/>
 		<property name="formObjectScope" value="CONVERSATION"/>
 		<property name="formErrorsScope" value="CONVERSATION"/>
 		<property name="validator">
diff --git a/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/conversation-scope/sellitem-conversation-scope-flow.xml b/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/conversation-scope/sellitem-conversation-scope-flow.xml
index b6850a3f..ceec848c 100644
--- a/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/conversation-scope/sellitem-conversation-scope-flow.xml
+++ b/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/conversation-scope/sellitem-conversation-scope-flow.xml
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow
                           http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow/spring-webflow-1.0.xsd">
-
-	<start-actions>
-		<!-- create the backing form object and initialize a empty errors collection -->
-		<action bean="formAction" method="setupForm"/>
-	</start-actions>
+
+	<var name="sale" class="org.springframework.webflow.samples.sellitem.Sale" scope="conversation"/>
 
 	<start-state idref="enterPriceAndItemCount"/>
 
-	<view-state id="enterPriceAndItemCount" view="priceAndItemCountForm">
+	<view-state id="enterPriceAndItemCount" view="priceAndItemCountForm">
+		<render-actions>
+			<action bean="formAction" method="setupForm"/>
+		</render-actions>	
 		<transition on="submit" to="enterCategory">
 			<action bean="formAction" method="bindAndValidate">
 				<attribute name="validatorMethod" value="validatePriceAndItemCount"/>
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 	
 	<end-state id="finish" view="costOverview">
 		<entry-actions>
-			<!-- force reinstall of property editors so costOverview can render formatted Sale values -->
 			<action bean="formAction" method="setupForm"/>
 		</entry-actions>
 	</end-state>
diff --git a/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/sellitem-beans.xml b/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/sellitem-beans.xml
index 2b828373..03ae3ec1 100644
--- a/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/sellitem-beans.xml
+++ b/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/sellitem-beans.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<!-- Manages setting up, binding input to, and validating a Sale "backing wizard form object" -->
 	<bean id="formAction" class="org.springframework.webflow.action.FormAction">
-		<property name="formObjectClass" value="org.springframework.webflow.samples.sellitem.Sale"/>
+		<property name="formObjectName" value="sale"/>
 		<property name="validator">
 			<bean class="org.springframework.webflow.samples.sellitem.SaleValidator"/>
 		</property>
diff --git a/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/sellitem-flow.xml b/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/sellitem-flow.xml
index a49fb3d2..27a330cb 100644
--- a/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/sellitem-flow.xml
+++ b/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/sellitem-flow.xml
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow
                           http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow/spring-webflow-1.0.xsd">
-
-	<start-actions>
-		<!-- create the backing form object and initialize a empty errors collection -->
-		<action bean="formAction" method="setupForm"/>
-	</start-actions>
+
+	<var name="sale" class="org.springframework.webflow.samples.sellitem.Sale"/>
 
 	<start-state idref="enterPriceAndItemCount"/>
 
-	<view-state id="enterPriceAndItemCount" view="priceAndItemCountForm">
+	<view-state id="enterPriceAndItemCount" view="priceAndItemCountForm">
+		<render-actions>
+			<action bean="formAction" method="setupForm"/>
+		</render-actions>	
 		<transition on="submit" to="enterCategory">
 			<action bean="formAction" method="bindAndValidate">
 				<attribute name="validatorMethod" value="validatePriceAndItemCount"/>
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 	
 	<end-state id="finish" view="costOverview">
 		<entry-actions>
-			<!-- force reinstall of property editors so costOverview can render formatted Sale values -->
 			<action bean="formAction" method="setupForm"/>
 		</entry-actions>
 	</end-state>
diff --git a/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/shipping-flow.xml b/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/shipping-flow.xml
index 9bf52e40..f549b279 100644
--- a/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/shipping-flow.xml
+++ b/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/shipping-flow.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 	<start-state idref="enterShippingDetails"/>
 
-	<view-state id="enterShippingDetails" view="shippingDetailsForm">
+	<view-state id="enterShippingDetails" view="shippingDetailsForm">	
 		<transition on="submit" to="finish">
 			<action bean="formAction" method="bind"/>
 		</transition>
diff --git a/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/simple/sellitem-simple-flow.xml b/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/simple/sellitem-simple-flow.xml
index 8c06eaa1..a8af8da0 100644
--- a/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/simple/sellitem-simple-flow.xml
+++ b/spring-webflow-samples/sellitem/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/simple/sellitem-simple-flow.xml
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow
                           http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow/spring-webflow-1.0.xsd">
 
-	<start-actions>
-		<!-- create the backing form object and initialize a empty errors collection -->
-		<action bean="formAction" method="setupForm"/>
-	</start-actions>
-
+	<var name="sale" class="org.springframework.webflow.samples.sellitem.Sale"/>
+	
 	<start-state idref="enterPriceAndItemCount"/>
 
-	<view-state id="enterPriceAndItemCount" view="priceAndItemCountForm">
+	<view-state id="enterPriceAndItemCount" view="priceAndItemCountForm">
+		<render-actions>
+			<action bean="formAction" method="setupForm"/>
+		</render-actions>	
 		<transition on="submit" to="enterCategory">
 			<action bean="formAction" method="bindAndValidate">
 				<attribute name="validatorMethod" value="validatePriceAndItemCount"/>
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 	
 	<end-state id="finish" view="costOverview">
 		<entry-actions>
-			<!-- force reinstall of property editors so costOverview can render formatted Sale values -->
 			<action bean="formAction" method="setupForm"/>
 		</entry-actions>
 	</end-state>
diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/action/FormAction.java b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/action/FormAction.java
index bf49588c..0e8d3790 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/action/FormAction.java
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/action/FormAction.java
@@ -494,8 +494,7 @@ public class FormAction extends MultiAction implements InitializingBean {
 
 	protected void initAction() {
 		if (getValidator() != null) {
-            Assert.notNull(getFormObjectClass(), "When using a validator, the form object class is required");
-			if (!getValidator().supports(getFormObjectClass())) {
+			if (getFormObjectClass() != null && !getValidator().supports(getFormObjectClass())) {
 				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Validator [" + getValidator()
 						+ "] does not support form object class [" + getFormObjectClass() + "]");
 			}