adapted to Converter signature change

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

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.ui.format.support;
 
+import java.text.ParseException;
+
 import org.springframework.context.i18n.LocaleContextHolder;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
@@ -66,6 +68,9 @@ public class FormattingConversionServiceAdapter extends GenericConversionService
 	}
 
 
+	/**
+	 * Adapter that exposes the Converter interface on top of a given Formatter.
+	 */
 	private static class FormattingConverter implements Converter<String, Object> {
 
 		private final Formatter formatter;
@@ -74,8 +79,13 @@ public class FormattingConversionServiceAdapter extends GenericConversionService
 			this.formatter = formatter;
 		}
 
-		public Object convert(String source) throws Exception {
-			return this.formatter.parse(source, LocaleContextHolder.getLocale());
+		public Object convert(String source) {
+			try {
+				return this.formatter.parse(source, LocaleContextHolder.getLocale());
+			}
+			catch (ParseException ex) {
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Could not convert formatted value '" + source + "'", ex);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/converter/Converter.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.core.convert.converter;
 /**
  * A converter converts a source object of type S to a target of type T.
  * Implementations of this interface are thread-safe and can be shared.
+ *
  * @author Keith Donald
  * @since 3.0
  */
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ public interface Converter<S, T> {
 	 * Convert the source of type S to target type T.
 	 * @param source the source object to convert, which must be an instance of S
 	 * @return the converted object, which must be an instance of T
-	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the source could not be converted
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the source could not be converted to the desired target type
 	 */
 	T convert(S source);