The issue: 
 I ran into a problem because I needed to handle the conversion going from my view 
beans to my dto beans differently than going from my dto beans to my view beans.

The Solution:
 I added a new class, called a ConverterSet, which maintains a set of converters. A 
programmer may create multiple ConverterSets, and then pass in the appropriate 
ConvertSet for the task at hand. 

Other Comments:
 This is more of a 'preview' patch- just to get a feel for suggestions/comments/etc. I 
can take suggestions and work them in, then submit a final patch -- assuming there 
happens to be some interest in this feature. I didn't update much (if any) of the 
existing javadoc- I'm waiting to get some feedback so I don't spend too much effort on 
things that may change.

 I also realize you are in the middle of a beanutils release, I hope my timing for 
submitting this does not interfere.

=======================================================================


An overview of the changes:

ConvertUtils:
-removed the member variable "converters" and replaced it with a "converterSets" 
variable, which now holds ConverterSet objects.  There is a default ConverterSet 
object created, which contains all the default Converters.
-changed lookup/register/deregister/etc to operate on the Default ConverterSet object
-Added methods "addConverterSet", "removeConverterSet", "getConverterSet"
-moved default values to ConverterSet
-removed deprecated getter/setters ( I will add these back in, if they are going to be 
in the next release.)

ConverterSet
-contains a FastHashMap which holds all of the converters associated with this 
ConverterSet
-Each ConverterSet has a full set of converters (i.e. there is no hierarchy, if two 
ConverterSets share the same Converter object, it must be registered with both)
-Converters are registered/deregistered directly on the ConverterSet

BeanUtils
-Added new method signatures for (almost) all methods, which takes an additional 
parameter- a ConverterSet.  If the old method signature is used (w/o passing in a 
ConverterSet) the default ConverterSet is used.
-Existing behavior of methods has not been altered

LocaleBeanUtils
-Added a (String) cast for method invocations involving the null parameter (needed due 
to changes made in BeanUtils)
-Additional things may have to be added in this class to allow it to work with 
ConverterSets as well

TestCases
-I have some test cases that are coupled with my current application. I will break 
those away so they can be included. (all current tests still pass)

=======================================================================



Example usage with a custom ConverterSet:
-----------------------------------------
setup:

ConverterSet toDto = new ConverterSet("TO_DTO");
ConvertUtils.addConverterSet(toDto);

toDto.register(new CustomSqlDateConverter(), java.sql.Date.class);

usage:

ConverterSet toDto = ConvertUtils.getConverterSet("TO_DTO");
BeanUtils.copyProperties(dest, source, toDto);



Old usage still works (uses the default ConverterSet):
------------------------------------------------------
setup:

ConvertUtils.register(new CustomSqlDateConverter(), java.sql.Date.class);

usage:

BeanUtils.copyProperties(dest, source);


which is also functionaly equivalent to:

alternate setup:

ConverterSet toDto = ConvertUtils.getDefaultConverterSet(); // same as: ConverterSet 
toDto = ConvertUtils.getConverterSet(ConverterSet.DEFAULT_CONVERTER_SET_NAME)
toDto.register(new CustomSqlDateConverter(), java.sql.Date.class);

alternate usage:

ConverterSet toDto = ConvertUtils.getDefaultConverterSet();
BeanUtils.copyProperties(dest, source, toDto);


=======================================================================

The Code:

(The original files were taken from cvs HEAD about a week ago)

--- BeanUtils.java.orig 2003-02-12 10:45:11.000000000 -0600
+++ BeanUtils.java      2003-02-12 10:45:13.000000000 -0600
@@ -215,6 +215,13 @@
     public static void copyProperties(Object dest, Object orig)
         throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
 
+        copyProperties(dest,orig, ConvertUtils.getDefaultConverterSet());
+        
+    }
+
+    public static void copyProperties(Object dest, Object orig, ConverterSet set)
+        throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
+
         // Validate existence of the specified beans
         if (dest == null) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException
@@ -236,7 +243,7 @@
                 String name = origDescriptors[i].getName();
                 if (PropertyUtils.isWriteable(dest, name)) {
                     Object value = ((DynaBean) orig).get(name);
-                    copyProperty(dest, name, value);
+                    copyProperty(dest, name, value, set);
                 }
             }
         } else if (orig instanceof Map) {
@@ -245,7 +252,7 @@
                 String name = (String) names.next();
                 if (PropertyUtils.isWriteable(dest, name)) {
                     Object value = ((Map) orig).get(name);
-                    copyProperty(dest, name, value);
+                    copyProperty(dest, name, value, set);
                 }
             }
         } else /* if (orig is a standard JavaBean) */ {
@@ -261,7 +268,7 @@
                     try {
                         Object value =
                             PropertyUtils.getSimpleProperty(orig, name);
-                        copyProperty(dest, name, value);
+                        copyProperty(dest, name, value, set);
                     } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
                         ; // Should not happen
                     }
@@ -305,7 +312,11 @@
      */
     public static void copyProperty(Object bean, String name, Object value)
         throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
+        copyProperty(bean,name,value,ConvertUtils.getDefaultConverterSet() );
+    }
 
+    public static void copyProperty(Object bean, String name, Object value, 
+ConverterSet set)
+        throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
         // Trace logging (if enabled)
         if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
             StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("  copyProperty(");
@@ -417,7 +428,7 @@
 
         // Convert the specified value to the required type and store it
         if (index >= 0) {                    // Destination must be indexed
-            Converter converter = ConvertUtils.lookup(type.getComponentType());
+            Converter converter = set.lookup(type.getComponentType());
             if (converter != null) {
                 log.trace("        USING CONVERTER " + converter);
                 value = converter.convert(type, value);
@@ -441,7 +452,7 @@
                     (e, "Cannot set " + propName);
             }
         } else {                             // Destination must be simple
-            Converter converter = ConvertUtils.lookup(type);
+            Converter converter = set.lookup(type);
             if (converter != null) {
                 log.trace("        USING CONVERTER " + converter);
                 value = converter.convert(type, value);
@@ -477,22 +488,30 @@
             throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
             NoSuchMethodException {
 
+        return describe(bean, ConvertUtils.getDefaultConverterSet());
+
+    }
+
+    public static Map describe(Object bean, ConverterSet set)
+            throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
+            NoSuchMethodException {
+
         if (bean == null) {
         //            return (Collections.EMPTY_MAP);
             return (new java.util.HashMap());
         }
-        
+
         if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
             log.debug("Describing bean: " + bean.getClass().getName());
         }
-            
+
         Map description = new HashMap();
         if (bean instanceof DynaBean) {
             DynaProperty descriptors[] =
                 ((DynaBean) bean).getDynaClass().getDynaProperties();
             for (int i = 0; i < descriptors.length; i++) {
                 String name = descriptors[i].getName();
-                description.put(name, getProperty(bean, name));
+                description.put(name, getProperty(bean, name,set));
             }
         } else {
             PropertyDescriptor descriptors[] =
@@ -500,7 +519,7 @@
             for (int i = 0; i < descriptors.length; i++) {
                 String name = descriptors[i].getName();
                 if (descriptors[i].getReadMethod() != null)
-                    description.put(name, getProperty(bean, name));
+                    description.put(name, getProperty(bean, name,set));
             }
         }
         return (description);
@@ -583,9 +602,15 @@
     public static String getIndexedProperty(Object bean, String name)
             throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
             NoSuchMethodException {
+        return getIndexedProperty(bean,name,ConvertUtils.getDefaultConverterSet());
+    }
+
+    public static String getIndexedProperty(Object bean, String name, ConverterSet 
+set)
+            throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
+            NoSuchMethodException {
 
         Object value = PropertyUtils.getIndexedProperty(bean, name);
-        return (ConvertUtils.convert(value));
+        return (ConvertUtils.convert(value, set));
 
     }
 
@@ -611,8 +636,17 @@
             throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
             NoSuchMethodException {
 
+        return 
+getIndexedProperty(bean,name,index,ConvertUtils.getDefaultConverterSet());
+
+    }
+
+    public static String getIndexedProperty(Object bean,
+                                            String name, int index, ConverterSet set)
+            throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
+            NoSuchMethodException {
+
         Object value = PropertyUtils.getIndexedProperty(bean, name, index);
-        return (ConvertUtils.convert(value));
+        return (ConvertUtils.convert(value,set));
 
     }
 
@@ -639,8 +673,16 @@
             throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
             NoSuchMethodException {
 
+        return getMappedProperty(bean,name,ConvertUtils.getDefaultConverterSet());
+
+    }
+
+    public static String getMappedProperty(Object bean, String name, ConverterSet set)
+            throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
+            NoSuchMethodException {
+
         Object value = PropertyUtils.getMappedProperty(bean, name);
-        return (ConvertUtils.convert(value));
+        return (ConvertUtils.convert(value,set));
 
     }
 
@@ -665,9 +707,16 @@
                                            String name, String key)
             throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
             NoSuchMethodException {
+        return getMappedProperty(bean,name,key,ConvertUtils.getDefaultConverterSet());
+    }
+
+    public static String getMappedProperty(Object bean,
+                                           String name, String key, ConverterSet set)
+            throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
+            NoSuchMethodException {
 
         Object value = PropertyUtils.getMappedProperty(bean, name, key);
-        return (ConvertUtils.convert(value));
+        return (ConvertUtils.convert(value,set));
 
     }
 
@@ -691,9 +740,15 @@
     public static String getNestedProperty(Object bean, String name)
             throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
             NoSuchMethodException {
+        return getNestedProperty(bean,name,ConvertUtils.getDefaultConverterSet());
+    }
+
+    public static String getNestedProperty(Object bean, String name,ConverterSet set)
+            throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
+            NoSuchMethodException {
 
         Object value = PropertyUtils.getNestedProperty(bean, name);
-        return (ConvertUtils.convert(value));
+        return (ConvertUtils.convert(value,set));
 
     }
 
@@ -717,7 +772,15 @@
             throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
             NoSuchMethodException {
 
-        return (getNestedProperty(bean, name));
+            return getProperty(bean,name,ConvertUtils.getDefaultConverterSet());
+
+    }
+
+    public static String getProperty(Object bean, String name, ConverterSet set)
+            throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
+            NoSuchMethodException {
+
+        return (getNestedProperty(bean, name,set));
 
     }
 
@@ -740,8 +803,16 @@
             throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
             NoSuchMethodException {
 
+        return getSimpleProperty(bean,name,ConvertUtils.getDefaultConverterSet());
+
+    }
+
+    public static String getSimpleProperty(Object bean, String name,ConverterSet set)
+            throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
+            NoSuchMethodException {
+
         Object value = PropertyUtils.getSimpleProperty(bean, name);
-        return (ConvertUtils.convert(value));
+        return (ConvertUtils.convert(value,set));
 
     }
 
@@ -754,14 +825,14 @@
      * <code>int</code>, <code>long</code>, <code>float</code>, and
      * <code>double</code>.  In addition, array setters for these types (or the
      * corresponding primitive types) can also be identified.</p>
-     * 
+     *
      * <p>The particular setter method to be called for each property is
      * determined using the usual JavaBeans introspection mechanisms.  Thus,
      * you may identify custom setter methods using a BeanInfo class that is
      * associated with the class of the bean itself.  If no such BeanInfo
      * class is available, the standard method name conversion ("set" plus
      * the capitalized name of the property in question) is used.</p>
-     * 
+     *
      * <p><strong>NOTE</strong>:  It is contrary to the JavaBeans Specification
      * to have more than one setter method (with different argument
      * signatures) for the same property.</p>
@@ -784,6 +855,12 @@
     public static void populate(Object bean, Map properties)
         throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
 
+        populate(bean, properties, ConvertUtils.getDefaultConverterSet());
+
+    }
+
+    public static void populate(Object bean, Map properties, ConverterSet set)
+        throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
         // Do nothing unless both arguments have been specified
         if ((bean == null) || (properties == null)) {
             return;
@@ -805,7 +882,7 @@
             Object value = properties.get(name);
 
             // Perform the assignment for this property
-            setProperty(bean, name, value);
+            setProperty(bean, name, value, set);
 
         }
 
@@ -816,7 +893,7 @@
      * <p>Set the specified property value, performing type conversions as
      * required to conform to the type of the destination property.</p>
      *
-     * <p>If the property is read only then the method returns 
+     * <p>If the property is read only then the method returns
      * without throwing an exception.</p>
      *
      * <p>If <code>null</code> is passed into a property expecting a primitive value,
@@ -845,6 +922,13 @@
     public static void setProperty(Object bean, String name, Object value)
         throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
 
+        setProperty(bean,name,value,ConvertUtils.getDefaultConverterSet());
+
+    }
+
+    public static void setProperty(Object bean, String name, Object value, 
+ConverterSet set)
+        throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
+
         // Trace logging (if enabled)
         if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
             StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("  setProperty(");
@@ -974,34 +1058,34 @@
             if (value == null) {
                 String values[] = new String[1];
                 values[0] = (String) value;
-                newValue = ConvertUtils.convert((String[]) values, type);
+                newValue = ConvertUtils.convert((String[]) values, type, set);
             } else if (value instanceof String) {
                 String values[] = new String[1];
                 values[0] = (String) value;
-                newValue = ConvertUtils.convert((String[]) values, type);
+                newValue = ConvertUtils.convert((String[]) values, type, set);
             } else if (value instanceof String[]) {
-                newValue = ConvertUtils.convert((String[]) value, type);
+                newValue = ConvertUtils.convert((String[]) value, type, set);
             } else {
                 newValue = value;
             }
         } else if (type.isArray()) {         // Indexed value into array
             if (value instanceof String) {
                 newValue = ConvertUtils.convert((String) value,
-                                                type.getComponentType());
+                                                type.getComponentType(), set);
             } else if (value instanceof String[]) {
                 newValue = ConvertUtils.convert(((String[]) value)[0],
-                                                type.getComponentType());
+                                                type.getComponentType(), set);
             } else {
                 newValue = value;
             }
         } else {                             // Value into scalar
             if ((value instanceof String) || (value == null)) {
-                newValue = ConvertUtils.convert((String) value, type);
+                newValue = ConvertUtils.convert((String) value, type, set);
             } else if (value instanceof String[]) {
                 newValue = ConvertUtils.convert(((String[]) value)[0],
-                                                type);
-            } else if (ConvertUtils.lookup(value.getClass()) != null) {
-                newValue = ConvertUtils.convert(value.toString(), type);
+                                                type, set);
+            } else if (set.lookup(value.getClass()) != null) {
+                newValue = ConvertUtils.convert(value.toString(), type, set);
             } else {
                 newValue = value;
             }
--- ConverterSet.java.orig      2003-02-12 10:45:13.000000000 -0600
+++ ConverterSet.java   2003-02-12 10:45:14.000000000 -0600
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+package org.apache.commons.beanutils;
+
+import org.apache.commons.collections.FastHashMap;
+import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.*;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.sql.Date;
+import java.sql.Time;
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
+
+public class ConverterSet {
+
+    /**
+     * The name of the defaultConverter set. The default ConverterSet can be 
+retrieved by calling
+     * ConvertUtils.getDefaultConverterSet(), or 
+ConvertUtils.getConverterSet(ConverterSet.DEFAULT_CONVERTER_SET_NAME)
+     */
+    public static final String DEFAULT_CONVERTER_SET_NAME = "DEFAULT";
+
+
+    private static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ConverterSet.class);
+
+
+    /**
+     * The default value for Boolean conversions.
+     * To change the default, create a new Converter:
+     * ConverterSet.register(Boolean.TYPE, new BooleanConverter(Boolean.TRUE));
+     * ConverterSet.register(Boolean.class, new BooleanConverter(Boolean.TRUE));
+     */
+    private static Boolean defaultBoolean = Boolean.FALSE;
+
+    /**
+     * The default value for Byte conversions.
+     */
+    private static Byte defaultByte = new Byte((byte) 0);
+
+    /**
+     * The default value for Character conversions.
+     */
+    private static Character defaultCharacter = new Character(' ');
+
+    /**
+     * The default value for Double conversions.
+     */
+    private static Double defaultDouble = new Double((double) 0.0);
+
+    /**
+     * The default value for Float conversions.
+     */
+    private static Float defaultFloat = new Float((float) 0.0);
+
+    /**
+     * The default value for Integer conversions.
+     */
+    private static Integer defaultInteger = new Integer(0);
+
+    /**
+     * The default value for Long conversions.
+     */
+    private static Long defaultLong = new Long((long) 0);
+
+    /**
+     * The default value for Short conversions.
+     */
+    private static Short defaultShort = new Short((short) 0);
+
+
+    /**
+     * Name of this ConverterSet (immutable).
+     */
+    private String name;
+
+    public ConverterSet(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+        converters.setFast(false);
+        deregister(); //initialize the data (maybe have a better method name?)
+        converters.setFast(true);
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * The set of converters associated with this ConverterSet
+     */
+    private FastHashMap converters = new FastHashMap();
+
+    protected FastHashMap getConverters() {
+        return converters;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Return the converter associate with the given class (Converts TO this class)
+     *
+     * @param clazz
+     * @return
+     */
+    public Converter lookup(Class clazz) {
+        return (Converter) converters.get(clazz);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Register a new converter for the given class.
+     *
+     * @param clazz
+     * @param converter
+     */
+    public void register(Converter converter, Class clazz) {
+        converters.put(clazz, converter);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes the converter for the given class
+     *
+     * @param clazz
+     */
+    public void deregister(Class clazz) {
+        converters.remove(clazz);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * removes all converters
+     */
+    public void clear() {
+        getConverters().clear();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * returns true if this ConverterSet represents the default converter set
+     *
+     * @return
+     */
+    public boolean isDefaultConverterSet() {
+        return DEFAULT_CONVERTER_SET_NAME.equals(getName());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Remove all registered {@link Converter}s, and re-establish the
+     * standard Converters.
+     *
+     * //@todo There should be some synchronization here, but there wasn't any before 
+so do we worry about it?
+     * // i.e. if lookup() is called while in the middle of this method, on a class 
+type for which the
+     * // default converter has not yet been re-registered, it will either throw an 
+NPE or ?? depending on type
+     * // this whole block should be synchronized with lookup();
+     * // unless if you assume that this method should only be called as a setup 
+procedure, and not be called during normal application runtime
+     */
+    public void deregister() {
+
+        boolean booleanArray[] = new boolean[0];
+        byte byteArray[] = new byte[0];
+        char charArray[] = new char[0];
+        double doubleArray[] = new double[0];
+        float floatArray[] = new float[0];
+        int intArray[] = new int[0];
+        long longArray[] = new long[0];
+        short shortArray[] = new short[0];
+        String stringArray[] = new String[0];
+
+        clear();
+
+        register(new BigDecimalConverter(), BigDecimal.class);
+        register(new BigIntegerConverter(), BigInteger.class);
+        register(new BooleanConverter(defaultBoolean), Boolean.TYPE);
+        register(new BooleanConverter(defaultBoolean), Boolean.class);
+        register(new BooleanArrayConverter(booleanArray),
+                                            booleanArray.getClass());
+        register(new ByteConverter(defaultByte), Byte.TYPE);
+        register(new ByteConverter(defaultByte), Byte.class);
+        register(new ByteArrayConverter(byteArray), byteArray.getClass());
+        register(new CharacterConverter(defaultCharacter), Character.TYPE);
+        register(new CharacterConverter(defaultCharacter), Character.class);
+        register(new CharacterArrayConverter(charArray), charArray.getClass());
+        register(new ClassConverter(), Class.class);
+        register(new DoubleConverter(defaultDouble), Double.TYPE);
+        register(new DoubleConverter(defaultDouble), Double.class);
+        register(new DoubleArrayConverter(doubleArray), doubleArray.getClass());
+        register(new FloatConverter(defaultFloat), Float.TYPE);
+        register(new FloatConverter(defaultFloat), Float.class);
+        register(new FloatArrayConverter(floatArray), floatArray.getClass());
+        register(new IntegerConverter(defaultInteger), Integer.TYPE);
+        register(new IntegerConverter(defaultInteger), Integer.class);
+        register(new IntegerArrayConverter(intArray), intArray.getClass());
+        register(new LongConverter(defaultLong), Long.TYPE);
+        register(new LongConverter(defaultLong), Long.class);
+        register(new LongArrayConverter(longArray), longArray.getClass());
+        register(new ShortConverter(defaultShort), Short.TYPE);
+        register(new ShortConverter(defaultShort), Short.class);
+        register(new ShortArrayConverter(shortArray), shortArray.getClass());
+        register(new StringConverter(), String.class);
+        register(new StringArrayConverter(stringArray), stringArray.getClass());
+        register(new SqlDateConverter(), Date.class);
+        register(new SqlTimeConverter(), Time.class);
+        register(new SqlTimestampConverter(), Timestamp.class);
+
+    }
+
+}
--- ConvertUtils.java.orig      2003-02-12 10:45:12.000000000 -0600
+++ ConvertUtils.java   2003-02-12 10:45:14.000000000 -0600
@@ -64,35 +64,6 @@
 
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Array;
-import java.math.BigDecimal;
-import java.math.BigInteger;
-import java.sql.Date;
-import java.sql.Time;
-import java.sql.Timestamp;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.BigDecimalConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.BigIntegerConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.BooleanConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.BooleanArrayConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.ByteConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.ByteArrayConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.CharacterConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.CharacterArrayConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.ClassConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.DoubleConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.DoubleArrayConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.FloatConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.FloatArrayConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.IntegerConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.IntegerArrayConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.LongConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.LongArrayConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.ShortConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.ShortArrayConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.SqlDateConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.SqlTimeConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.SqlTimestampConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.StringConverter;
-import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.StringArrayConverter;
 import org.apache.commons.collections.FastHashMap;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -150,165 +121,59 @@
     // ------------------------------------------------------ Static Properties
 
 
-    /**
-     * The default value for Boolean conversions.
-     * @deprecated Register replacement converters for Boolean.TYPE and
-     *  Boolean.class instead
-     */
-    private static Boolean defaultBoolean = Boolean.FALSE;
-
-    public static boolean getDefaultBoolean() {
-        return (defaultBoolean.booleanValue());
-    }
 
-    public static void setDefaultBoolean(boolean newDefaultBoolean) {
-        defaultBoolean = new Boolean(newDefaultBoolean);
-        converters.put(Boolean.TYPE, new BooleanConverter(defaultBoolean));
-        converters.put(Boolean.class,  new BooleanConverter(defaultBoolean));
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * The default value for Byte conversions.
-     * @deprecated Register replacement converters for Byte.TYPE and
-     *  Byte.class instead
-     */
-    private static Byte defaultByte = new Byte((byte) 0);
 
-    public static byte getDefaultByte() {
-        return (defaultByte.byteValue());
-    }
 
-    public static void setDefaultByte(byte newDefaultByte) {
-        defaultByte = new Byte(newDefaultByte);
-        converters.put(Byte.TYPE, new ByteConverter(defaultByte));
-        converters.put(Byte.class, new ByteConverter(defaultByte));
-    }
+    // ------------------------------------------------------- Static Variables
 
 
     /**
-     * The default value for Character conversions.
-     * @deprecated Register replacement converters for Character.TYPE and
-     *  Character.class instead
+     * The set of {@link Converter}s that can be used to convert Strings
+     * into objects of a specified Class, keyed by the destination Class.
      */
-    private static Character defaultCharacter = new Character(' ');
+    private static FastHashMap converterSets = new FastHashMap();
 
-    public static char getDefaultCharacter() {
-        return (defaultCharacter.charValue());
-    }
+    protected static FastHashMap getConverterSets() {
 
-    public static void setDefaultCharacter(char newDefaultCharacter) {
-        defaultCharacter = new Character(newDefaultCharacter);
-        converters.put(Character.TYPE,
-                       new CharacterConverter(defaultCharacter));
-        converters.put(Character.class,
-                       new CharacterConverter(defaultCharacter));
-    }
+        return converterSets;
 
-
-    /**
-     * The default value for Double conversions.
-     * @deprecated Register replacement converters for Double.TYPE and
-     *  Double.class instead
-     */
-    private static Double defaultDouble = new Double((double) 0.0);
-
-    public static double getDefaultDouble() {
-        return (defaultDouble.doubleValue());
-    }
-
-    public static void setDefaultDouble(double newDefaultDouble) {
-        defaultDouble = new Double(newDefaultDouble);
-        converters.put(Double.TYPE, new DoubleConverter(defaultDouble));
-        converters.put(Double.class, new DoubleConverter(defaultDouble));
     }
 
+    public static ConverterSet getDefaultConverterSet() {
 
-    /**
-     * The default value for Float conversions.
-     * @deprecated Register replacement converters for Float.TYPE and
-     *  Float.class instead
-     */
-    private static Float defaultFloat = new Float((float) 0.0);
+        return 
+(ConverterSet)getConverterSets().get(ConverterSet.DEFAULT_CONVERTER_SET_NAME);
 
-    public static float getDefaultFloat() {
-        return (defaultFloat.floatValue());
-    }
-
-    public static void setDefaultFloat(float newDefaultFloat) {
-        defaultFloat = new Float(newDefaultFloat);
-        converters.put(Float.TYPE, new FloatConverter(defaultFloat));
-        converters.put(Float.class, new FloatConverter(defaultFloat));
     }
 
+    public static ConverterSet getConverterSet(String name) {
 
-    /**
-     * The default value for Integer conversions.
-     * @deprecated Register replacement converters for Integer.TYPE and
-     *  Integer.class instead
-     */
-    private static Integer defaultInteger = new Integer(0);
+        return (ConverterSet)getConverterSets().get(name);
 
-    public static int getDefaultInteger() {
-        return (defaultInteger.intValue());
     }
 
-    public static void setDefaultInteger(int newDefaultInteger) {
-        defaultInteger = new Integer(newDefaultInteger);
-        converters.put(Integer.TYPE, new IntegerConverter(defaultInteger));
-        converters.put(Integer.class, new IntegerConverter(defaultInteger));
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * The default value for Long conversions.
-     * @deprecated Register replacement converters for Long.TYPE and
-     *  Long.class instead
-     */
-    private static Long defaultLong = new Long((long) 0);
+    public static void addConverterSet(ConverterSet set) {
+        if (set.getName() == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("ConverterSet must have a name in 
+order to add it");
+        }
 
-    public static long getDefaultLong() {
-        return (defaultLong.longValue());
-    }
+        getConverterSets().put(set.getName(), set);
 
-    public static void setDefaultLong(long newDefaultLong) {
-        defaultLong = new Long(newDefaultLong);
-        converters.put(Long.TYPE, new LongConverter(defaultLong));
-        converters.put(Long.class, new LongConverter(defaultLong));
     }
 
+    public static void removeConverterSet(String name) {
+        if (name == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("ConverterSet must have a name in 
+order to add it");
+        }
 
-    /**
-     * The default value for Short conversions.
-     * @deprecated Register replacement converters for Short.TYPE and
-     *  Short.class instead
-     */
-    private static Short defaultShort = new Short((short) 0);
-
-    public static short getDefaultShort() {
-        return (defaultShort.shortValue());
-    }
+        getConverterSets().remove(name);
 
-    public static void setDefaultShort(short newDefaultShort) {
-        defaultShort = new Short(newDefaultShort);
-        converters.put(Short.TYPE, new ShortConverter(defaultShort));
-        converters.put(Short.class, new ShortConverter(defaultShort));
     }
 
 
-    // ------------------------------------------------------- Static Variables
-
-
-    /**
-     * The set of {@link Converter}s that can be used to convert Strings
-     * into objects of a specified Class, keyed by the destination Class.
-     */
-    private static FastHashMap converters = new FastHashMap();
-
     static {
-        converters.setFast(false);
-        deregister();
-        converters.setFast(true);
+        //create the default ConverterSet instance
+        getConverterSets().put(ConverterSet.DEFAULT_CONVERTER_SET_NAME,new 
+ConverterSet(ConverterSet.DEFAULT_CONVERTER_SET_NAME) );
+
     }
 
 
@@ -332,7 +197,10 @@
      * @param value Value to be converted (may be null)
      */
     public static String convert(Object value) {
+        return convert(value, getDefaultConverterSet());
+    }
 
+    public static String convert(Object value, ConverterSet set) {
         if (value == null) {
             return ((String) null);
         } else if (value.getClass().isArray()) {
@@ -343,11 +211,11 @@
             if (value == null) {
                 return ((String) null);
             } else {
-                Converter converter = (Converter) converters.get(String.class);
+                Converter converter = set.lookup(String.class);
                 return ((String) converter.convert(String.class, value));
             }
         } else {
-            Converter converter = (Converter) converters.get(String.class);
+            Converter converter = set.lookup(String.class);
             return ((String) converter.convert(String.class, value));
         }
 
@@ -364,14 +232,18 @@
      * @exception ConversionException if thrown by an underlying Converter
      */
     public static Object convert(String value, Class clazz) {
+        return convert(value, clazz, getDefaultConverterSet() );
+    }
+
+    public static Object convert(String value, Class clazz, ConverterSet set) {
 
         if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
             log.debug("Convert string '" + value + "' to class '" +
                       clazz.getName() + "'");
         }
-        Converter converter = (Converter) converters.get(clazz);
+        Converter converter = set.lookup(clazz);
         if (converter == null) {
-            converter = (Converter) converters.get(String.class);
+            converter = set.lookup(String.class);
         }
         if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
             log.trace("  Using converter " + converter);
@@ -394,7 +266,10 @@
      * @exception ConversionException if thrown by an underlying Converter
      */
     public static Object convert(String values[], Class clazz) {
+        return convert(values, clazz, getDefaultConverterSet());
+    }
 
+    public static Object convert(String values[], Class clazz, ConverterSet set) {
         Class type = clazz;
         if (clazz.isArray()) {
             type = clazz.getComponentType();
@@ -403,9 +278,9 @@
             log.debug("Convert String[" + values.length + "] to class '" +
                       type.getName() + "[]'");
         }
-        Converter converter = (Converter) converters.get(type);
+        Converter converter = set.lookup(type);
         if (converter == null) {
-            converter = (Converter) converters.get(String.class);
+            converter = set.lookup(String.class);
         }
         if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
             log.trace("  Using converter " + converter);
@@ -419,68 +294,7 @@
     }
 
 
-    /**
-     * Remove all registered {@link Converter}s, and re-establish the
-     * standard Converters.
-     */
-    public static void deregister() {
-
-        boolean booleanArray[] = new boolean[0];
-        byte byteArray[] = new byte[0];
-        char charArray[] = new char[0];
-        double doubleArray[] = new double[0];
-        float floatArray[] = new float[0];
-        int intArray[] = new int[0];
-        long longArray[] = new long[0];
-        short shortArray[] = new short[0];
-        String stringArray[] = new String[0];
-
-        converters.clear();
-        converters.put(BigDecimal.class, new BigDecimalConverter());
-        converters.put(BigInteger.class, new BigIntegerConverter());
-        converters.put(Boolean.TYPE, new BooleanConverter(defaultBoolean));
-        converters.put(Boolean.class,  new BooleanConverter(defaultBoolean));
-        converters.put(booleanArray.getClass(),
-                       new BooleanArrayConverter(booleanArray));
-        converters.put(Byte.TYPE, new ByteConverter(defaultByte));
-        converters.put(Byte.class, new ByteConverter(defaultByte));
-        converters.put(byteArray.getClass(),
-                       new ByteArrayConverter(byteArray));
-        converters.put(Character.TYPE,
-                       new CharacterConverter(defaultCharacter));
-        converters.put(Character.class,
-                       new CharacterConverter(defaultCharacter));
-        converters.put(charArray.getClass(),
-                       new CharacterArrayConverter(charArray));
-        converters.put(Class.class, new ClassConverter());
-        converters.put(Double.TYPE, new DoubleConverter(defaultDouble));
-        converters.put(Double.class, new DoubleConverter(defaultDouble));
-        converters.put(doubleArray.getClass(),
-                       new DoubleArrayConverter(doubleArray));
-        converters.put(Float.TYPE, new FloatConverter(defaultFloat));
-        converters.put(Float.class, new FloatConverter(defaultFloat));
-        converters.put(floatArray.getClass(),
-                       new FloatArrayConverter(floatArray));
-        converters.put(Integer.TYPE, new IntegerConverter(defaultInteger));
-        converters.put(Integer.class, new IntegerConverter(defaultInteger));
-        converters.put(intArray.getClass(),
-                       new IntegerArrayConverter(intArray));
-        converters.put(Long.TYPE, new LongConverter(defaultLong));
-        converters.put(Long.class, new LongConverter(defaultLong));
-        converters.put(longArray.getClass(),
-                       new LongArrayConverter(longArray));
-        converters.put(Short.TYPE, new ShortConverter(defaultShort));
-        converters.put(Short.class, new ShortConverter(defaultShort));
-        converters.put(shortArray.getClass(),
-                       new ShortArrayConverter(shortArray));
-        converters.put(String.class, new StringConverter());
-        converters.put(stringArray.getClass(),
-                       new StringArrayConverter(stringArray));
-        converters.put(Date.class, new SqlDateConverter());
-        converters.put(Time.class, new SqlTimeConverter());
-        converters.put(Timestamp.class, new SqlTimestampConverter());
 
-    }
 
 
     /**
@@ -491,10 +305,15 @@
      */
     public static void deregister(Class clazz) {
 
-        converters.remove(clazz);
+        getDefaultConverterSet().deregister(clazz);
 
     }
 
+    public static void deregister() {
+
+        getDefaultConverterSet().deregister();
+
+    }
 
     /**
      * Look up and return any registered {@link Converter} for the specified
@@ -505,7 +324,7 @@
      */
     public static Converter lookup(Class clazz) {
 
-        return ((Converter) converters.get(clazz));
+        return getDefaultConverterSet().lookup(clazz);
 
     }
 
@@ -520,7 +339,7 @@
      */
     public static void register(Converter converter, Class clazz) {
 
-        converters.put(clazz, converter);
+        getDefaultConverterSet().register(converter, clazz);
 
     }
 
--- LocaleBeanUtils.java.orig   2003-02-12 10:45:12.000000000 -0600
+++ LocaleBeanUtils.java        2003-02-12 10:45:14.000000000 -0600
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
             throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
             NoSuchMethodException {
 
-        return getIndexedProperty(bean, name, null);
+        return getIndexedProperty(bean, name, (String)null);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
                                             String name, int index)
             throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
             NoSuchMethodException {
-        return getIndexedProperty(bean, name, index, null);
+        return getIndexedProperty(bean, name, index, (String)null);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
             throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
             NoSuchMethodException {
 
-        return getSimpleProperty(bean, name, null);
+        return getSimpleProperty(bean, name, (String)null);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@
             throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
             NoSuchMethodException {
 
-        return getMappedProperty(bean, name, key, null);
+        return getMappedProperty(bean, name, key, (String)null);
     }
 
 
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
             throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
             NoSuchMethodException {
 
-        return getNestedProperty(bean, name, null);
+        return getNestedProperty(bean, name, (String)null);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@
     public static void setProperty(Object bean, String name, Object value)
             throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
 
-        setProperty(bean, name, value, null);
+        setProperty(bean, name, value, (String)null);
     }
 
     /**

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to