removed valueOf convention b/c of unwanted side effects

org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/ui/format/support/GenericFormatterRegistry.java

@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ public class GenericFormatterRegistry implements FormatterRegistry, ApplicationC
 		} else {
 			Formatted formattedAnnotation = annotationType.getAnnotation(Formatted.class);
 			if (formattedAnnotation != null) {
-				// annotation has @Formatted meta-annotation
+				// property annotation has @Formatted meta-annotation
 				Formatter formatter = createFormatter(formattedAnnotation.value());
 				addFormatterByAnnotation(annotationType, formatter);
 				return findFormatterHolderForAnnotation(annotation);
@@ -315,14 +315,7 @@ public class GenericFormatterRegistry implements FormatterRegistry, ApplicationC
 			addFormatterByType(type, formatter);
 			return findFormatterHolderForType(type);
 		} else {
-			Method valueOfMethod = getValueOfMethod(type);
-			if (valueOfMethod != null) {
-				Formatter formatter = createFormatter(valueOfMethod);
-				addFormatterByType(type, formatter);
-				return findFormatterHolderForType(type);
-			} else {
-				return null;
-			}
+			return null;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -331,31 +324,6 @@ public class GenericFormatterRegistry implements FormatterRegistry, ApplicationC
 				formatterClass) : BeanUtils.instantiate(formatterClass));
 	}
 
-	private Method getValueOfMethod(Class type) {
-		Method[] methods = type.getDeclaredMethods();
-		for (int i = 0; i < methods.length; i++) {
-			Method method = methods[i];
-			if ("valueOf".equals(method.getName()) && acceptsSingleStringParameterType(method)
-					&& Modifier.isPublic(method.getModifiers()) && Modifier.isStatic(method.getModifiers())) {
-				return method;
-			}
-		}
-		return null;
-	}
-
-	private boolean acceptsSingleStringParameterType(Method method) {
-		Class[] paramTypes = method.getParameterTypes();
-		if (paramTypes == null) {
-			return false;
-		} else {
-			return paramTypes.length == 1 && paramTypes[0] == String.class;
-		}
-	}
-
-	private Formatter createFormatter(Method valueOfMethod) {
-		return new ValueOfMethodFormatter(valueOfMethod);
-	}
-
 	private abstract static class AbstractFormatterHolder {
 
 		private Class formattedObjectType;

org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/ui/format/GenericFormatterRegistryTests.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.ui.format;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
@@ -104,10 +105,8 @@ public class GenericFormatterRegistryTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testGetDefaultFormatterForTypeValueOfMethod() throws ParseException {
-		Formatter formatter = registry.getFormatter(TypeDescriptor.valueOf(Integer.class));
-		assertEquals("3", formatter.format(new Integer(3), null));
-		assertEquals(new Integer(3), formatter.parse("3", null));
+	public void testGetDefaultFormatterNull() throws ParseException {
+		assertNull(registry.getFormatter(TypeDescriptor.valueOf(Integer.class)));
 	}
 
 	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/ObjectToStringConverter.java

@@ -28,14 +28,6 @@ import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
  */
 final class ObjectToStringConverter implements Converter<Object, String> {
 
-	public Class<?> getSourceType() {
-		return Object.class;
-	}
-
-	public Class<?> getTargetType() {
-		return String.class;
-	}
-	
 	public String convert(Object source) {
 		return source.toString();
 	}