Added NoopConverter

convert/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/forge/convert/impl/ConverterFactoryImpl.java

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public <S, T> Converter<S, T> getConverter(Class<S> source, Class<T> target)
          ConverterGenerator generator = generatorInstance.get();
          if (generator.handles(source, target))
          {
-            result = (Converter<S, T>) generator.generateConverter(source,target);
+            result = (Converter<S, T>) generator.generateConverter(source, target);
             break;
          }
       }
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ public <S, T> Converter<S, T> getConverter(Class<S> source, Class<T> target)
          result = (Converter<S, T>) new ToStringConverter<S>((Class<S>) source.getClass());
       }
       if (result == null)
+      {
+         if (target.isAssignableFrom(source))
+         {
+            result = (Converter<S, T>) new NoopConverter<S>(source);
+         }
+      }
+      if (result == null)
       {
          try
          {

convert/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/forge/convert/impl/NoopConverter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Eclipse Public License version 1.0, available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ */
+
+package org.jboss.forge.convert.impl;
+
+import javax.enterprise.inject.Vetoed;
+
+import org.jboss.forge.convert.BaseConverter;
+
+@Vetoed
+public class NoopConverter<S> extends BaseConverter<S, S>
+{
+   public NoopConverter(Class<S> type)
+   {
+      super(type, type);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public S convert(S source)
+   {
+      return source;
+   }
+
+}

convert/tests/src/test/java/test/org/jboss/forge/convert/CDIConverterTest.java

@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ public static ForgeArchive getDeployment()
    @Inject
    private Converter<Integer, String> intToString;
 
+   @Inject
+   private Converter<Boolean, Boolean> noopConverter;
+
    @Test
    public void testNotNull() throws Exception
    {
@@ -70,4 +73,13 @@ public void testSimpleConversion2() throws Exception
       Assert.assertEquals(expected, intToString.convert(input));
    }
 
+   @Test
+   public void testNoopConversion()
+   {
+      Boolean input = Boolean.TRUE;
+      Boolean expected = input;
+      Assert.assertSame(expected, noopConverter.convert(input));
+
+   }
+
 }