diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanWrapper.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanWrapper.java
index 08bfa0bc7b..16992e2e16 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanWrapper.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanWrapper.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 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.
@@ -79,11 +79,13 @@ public interface BeanWrapper extends ConfigurablePropertyAccessor {
 	PropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName) throws InvalidPropertyException;
 
 	/**
-	 * Set whether this BeanWrapper should attempt to "auto-grow" a nested path that contains a null value.
-	 * <p>If "true", a null path location will be populated with a default object value and traversed
-	 * instead of resulting in a {@link NullValueInNestedPathException}. Turning this flag on also
-	 * enables auto-growth of collection elements when accessing an out-of-bounds index.
-	 * <p>Default is "false" on a plain BeanWrapper.
+	 * Set whether this BeanWrapper should attempt to "auto-grow" a
+	 * nested path that contains a {@code null} value.
+	 * <p>If {@code true}, a {@code null} path location will be populated
+	 * with a default object value and traversed instead of resulting in a
+	 * {@link NullValueInNestedPathException}. Turning this flag on also enables
+	 * auto-growth of collection elements when accessing an out-of-bounds index.
+	 * <p>Default is {@code false} on a plain BeanWrapper.
 	 */
 	void setAutoGrowNestedPaths(boolean autoGrowNestedPaths);
 
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanWrapperImpl.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanWrapperImpl.java
index a52df3d978..d59e89a42c 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanWrapperImpl.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanWrapperImpl.java
@@ -871,8 +871,9 @@ public class BeanWrapperImpl extends AbstractPropertyAccessor implements BeanWra
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void growCollectionIfNecessary(Collection<Object> collection, int index,
-			String name, PropertyDescriptor pd, int nestingLevel) {
+	private void growCollectionIfNecessary(Collection<Object> collection, int index, String name,
+			PropertyDescriptor pd, int nestingLevel) {
+
 		if (!this.autoGrowNestedPaths) {
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanWrapperTests.java b/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanWrapperTests.java
index 3d1eede171..9af68a7cfd 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanWrapperTests.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanWrapperTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 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.
@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.beans;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
-
 import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
@@ -44,11 +37,16 @@ import java.util.TreeSet;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.junit.Test;
+
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowire;
 import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CustomNumberEditor;
 import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.StringArrayPropertyEditor;
 import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.StringTrimmerEditor;
 import org.springframework.beans.support.DerivedFromProtectedBaseBean;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionFailedException;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.support.DefaultConversionService;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.support.GenericConversionService;
 import org.springframework.tests.Assume;
 import org.springframework.tests.TestGroup;
 import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.BooleanTestBean;
@@ -56,15 +54,10 @@ import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.ITestBean;
 import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.IndexedTestBean;
 import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.NumberTestBean;
 import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.TestBean;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionFailedException;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.support.DefaultConversionService;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.support.GenericConversionService;
 import org.springframework.util.StopWatch;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
-
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 /**
@@ -1556,28 +1549,37 @@ public final class BeanWrapperTests {
 	@Test
 	public void cornerSpr10115() {
 		Spr10115Bean foo = new Spr10115Bean();
-		BeanWrapperImpl bwi = new BeanWrapperImpl();
-		bwi.setWrappedInstance(foo);
+		BeanWrapperImpl bwi = new BeanWrapperImpl(foo);
 		bwi.setPropertyValue("prop1", "val1");
 		assertEquals("val1", Spr10115Bean.prop1);
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testArrayToObject() throws Exception {
+	public void testArrayToObject() {
 		ArrayToObject foo = new ArrayToObject();
-		BeanWrapperImpl bwi = new BeanWrapperImpl();
-		bwi.setWrappedInstance(foo);
+		BeanWrapperImpl bwi = new BeanWrapperImpl(foo);
 
 		Object[] array = new Object[] {"1","2"};
-		bwi.setPropertyValue("object", array );
+		bwi.setPropertyValue("object", array);
 		assertThat(foo.getObject(), equalTo((Object) array));
 
 		array = new Object[] {"1"};
-		bwi.setPropertyValue("object", array );
+		bwi.setPropertyValue("object", array);
 		assertThat(foo.getObject(), equalTo((Object) array));
-}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testPropertyTypeMismatch() {
+		PropertyTypeMismatch foo = new PropertyTypeMismatch();
+		BeanWrapperImpl bwi = new BeanWrapperImpl(foo);
+		bwi.setPropertyValue("object", "a String");
+		assertEquals("a String", foo.value);
+		assertEquals(8, bwi.getPropertyValue("object"));
+	}
+
 
 	static class Spr10115Bean {
+
 		private static String prop1;
 
 		public static void setProp1(String prop1) {
@@ -1962,11 +1964,10 @@ public final class BeanWrapperTests {
 	}
 
 
-	static class ArrayToObject {
+	public static class ArrayToObject {
 
 		private Object object;
 
-
 		public void setObject(Object object) {
 			this.object = object;
 		}
@@ -1974,6 +1975,20 @@ public final class BeanWrapperTests {
 		public Object getObject() {
 			return object;
 		}
-
 	}
+
+
+	public static class PropertyTypeMismatch {
+
+		public String value;
+
+		public void setObject(String object) {
+			this.value = object;
+		}
+
+		public Integer getObject() {
+			return (this.value != null ? this.value.length() : null);
+		}
+	}
+
 }