**[Keith Donald](https://jira.spring.io/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=kdonald)** opened **[SPR-6074](https://jira.spring.io/browse/SPR-6074?redirect=false)** and commented Proposal: If no Formatter registered for class of type T, fallback to t.toString() to format value and t.valueOf(String) to parse value. --- **Affects:** 3.0 M4