Converting Number to Models in Spring MVC

I had a Converter<Integer, Object> class I wanted to use to build a model off a @RequestMapping.  The conversion mechanism only worked with Converter<String, Object> instances.  I expected the request parameter my situtation to be an Integer, so I wanted to use the framework to validate parameters as opposed to adapting my existing class into a Converter<String, Object>.

The documentation has not been updated to reflect this feature.  I am waiting for approval of this enhancement before doing so.

Issue: SPR-11060

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