diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/expression/ApplicationContextExpressionTests.java b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/expression/ApplicationContextExpressionTests.java
index 393323c862b..c48b505337a 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/expression/ApplicationContextExpressionTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/expression/ApplicationContextExpressionTests.java
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ public class ApplicationContextExpressionTests {
 		GenericApplicationContext ac = new GenericApplicationContext();
 		AnnotationConfigUtils.registerAnnotationConfigProcessors(ac);
 
-
 		GenericBeanDefinition bd = new GenericBeanDefinition();
 		bd.setBeanClass(TestBean.class);
 		bd.getPropertyValues().add("country", "#{systemProperties.country}");
@@ -264,12 +263,10 @@ public class ApplicationContextExpressionTests {
 				public void checkPropertiesAccess() {
 					throw new AccessControlException("Not Allowed");
 				}
-
 				@Override
 				public void checkPermission(Permission perm) {
 					// allow everything else
 				}
-
 			};
 			System.setSecurityManager(securityManager);
 			ac.refresh();
@@ -284,6 +281,22 @@ public class ApplicationContextExpressionTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void stringConcatenationWithDebugLogging() {
+		GenericApplicationContext ac = new GenericApplicationContext();
+		AnnotationConfigUtils.registerAnnotationConfigProcessors(ac);
+
+		GenericBeanDefinition bd = new GenericBeanDefinition();
+		bd.setBeanClass(String.class);
+		bd.getConstructorArgumentValues().addGenericArgumentValue("test-#{ T(java.lang.System).currentTimeMillis() }");
+		ac.registerBeanDefinition("str", bd);
+		ac.refresh();
+
+		String str = ac.getBean("str", String.class);
+		assertTrue(str.startsWith("test-"));
+	}
+
+
 	public static class ValueTestBean implements Serializable {
 
 		@Autowired @Value("XXX#{tb0.name}YYY#{mySpecialAttr}ZZZ")
diff --git a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/MethodParameter.java b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/MethodParameter.java
index 2ae4361230f..2f8743e251b 100644
--- a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/MethodParameter.java
+++ b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/MethodParameter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -230,7 +230,12 @@ public class MethodParameter {
 		if (this.parameterAnnotations == null) {
 			Annotation[][] annotationArray = (this.method != null ?
 					this.method.getParameterAnnotations() : this.constructor.getParameterAnnotations());
-			this.parameterAnnotations = annotationArray[this.parameterIndex];
+			if (this.parameterIndex >= 0 && this.parameterIndex < annotationArray.length) {
+				this.parameterAnnotations = annotationArray[this.parameterIndex];
+			}
+			else {
+				this.parameterAnnotations = new Annotation[0];
+			}
 		}
 		return this.parameterAnnotations;
 	}
diff --git a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/GenericConversionService.java b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/GenericConversionService.java
index 588498217bb..34003b0913d 100644
--- a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/GenericConversionService.java
+++ b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/GenericConversionService.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
 import org.springframework.core.GenericTypeResolver;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionFailedException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConverterFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConverterRegistry;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
-import org.springframework.core.style.StylerUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		assertNotNull(sourceType, targetType);
 		if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-			logger.debug("Converting value " + StylerUtils.style(source) +" of " + sourceType + " to " + targetType);
+			logger.debug("Converting value of " + sourceType + " to " + targetType);
 		}
 		if (sourceType == TypeDescriptor.NULL) {
 			Assert.isTrue(source == null, "The source must be null if sourceType == TypeDescriptor.NULL");
@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 	}
 
 	private GenericConverter findConverterForClassPair(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
-		if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-			logger.debug("Looking for Converter to convert from " + sourceType + " to " + targetType);
+		if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
+			logger.trace("Looking for Converter to convert from " + sourceType + " to " + targetType);
 		}
 		Class<?> sourceObjectType = sourceType.getObjectType();
 		if (sourceObjectType.isInterface()) {