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DO NOT REPLY [Bug 19857] -
Methods ConvertUtilsBean.convert could check for converters registered with base classes
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Methods ConvertUtilsBean.convert could check for converters registered with base classes
------- Additional Comments From ericpabst@discoverfinancial.com 2003-06-11 18:06 -------
Converting to a super-class is not good enough since the caller expects to get
something that casts to the requested target class. Converting to a sub-class
would be useful, although I don't see it as doable since Class doesn't have a
method called something like "getKnownSubclasses".
On the other hand, if you were talking about the situation that bug 20686
requests, then I could see looking up the super-class chain for the source
class.
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