/**
 * Register standard default null.
 * 
 * @see ConvertUtilsBean#registerPrimitives(boolean) registerPrimitives(boolean throwException)
 * @see ConvertUtilsBean#registerStandard(boolean,boolean) registerStandard(boolean throwException, boolean defaultNull)
 * @see ConvertUtilsBean#registerOther(boolean) registerOther(boolean throwException)
 * @see ConvertUtilsBean#registerArrays(boolean,int) registerArrays(boolean throwException, int defaultArraySize)
 * @see ConvertUtilsBean#deregister(Class) ConvertUtilsBean.deregister(Class)
 * @since 1.11.2
 */
public static void registerStandardDefaultNull(){
    ConvertUtils.register(new BigDecimalConverter(null), BigDecimal.class);
    ConvertUtils.register(new BigIntegerConverter(null), BigInteger.class);
    ConvertUtils.register(new BooleanConverter(null), Boolean.class);
    ConvertUtils.register(new ByteConverter(null), Byte.class);
    ConvertUtils.register(new CharacterConverter(null), Character.class);
    ConvertUtils.register(new DoubleConverter(null), Double.class);
    ConvertUtils.register(new FloatConverter(null), Float.class);
    ConvertUtils.register(new IntegerConverter(null), Integer.class);
    ConvertUtils.register(new LongConverter(null), Long.class);
    ConvertUtils.register(new ShortConverter(null), Short.class);
    ConvertUtils.register(new StringConverter(null), String.class);
}
 

/**
    * <p>Initialize other global characteristics of the controller servlet.</p>
    * Overridden to remove the ConvertUtils.deregister() command that caused problems
    * with the concurrent data dictionary load.  (KULRNE-4405)
    *
    * @exception ServletException if we cannot initialize these resources
    */
   @Override
protected void initOther() throws ServletException {

       String value = null;
       value = getServletConfig().getInitParameter("config");
       if (value != null) {
           config = value;
       }

       // Backwards compatibility for form beans of Java wrapper classes
       // Set to true for strict Struts 1.0 compatibility
       value = getServletConfig().getInitParameter("convertNull");
       if ("true".equalsIgnoreCase(value)
           || "yes".equalsIgnoreCase(value)
           || "on".equalsIgnoreCase(value)
           || "y".equalsIgnoreCase(value)
           || "1".equalsIgnoreCase(value)) {

           convertNull = true;
       }

       if (convertNull) {
           ConvertUtils.register(new BigDecimalConverter(null), BigDecimal.class);
           ConvertUtils.register(new BigIntegerConverter(null), BigInteger.class);
           ConvertUtils.register(new BooleanConverter(null), Boolean.class);
           ConvertUtils.register(new ByteConverter(null), Byte.class);
           ConvertUtils.register(new CharacterConverter(null), Character.class);
           ConvertUtils.register(new DoubleConverter(null), Double.class);
           ConvertUtils.register(new FloatConverter(null), Float.class);
           ConvertUtils.register(new IntegerConverter(null), Integer.class);
           ConvertUtils.register(new LongConverter(null), Long.class);
           ConvertUtils.register(new ShortConverter(null), Short.class);
       }

       // KULRICE-8176: KFS Notes/Attachments Tab Functionality for Note Text Error - Visible/Special characters, spaces, or tabs
       parameterEncoding = getServletConfig().getInitParameter("PARAMETER_ENCODING");
   }
 

/**
 * Returns an array representation of the field or a default value in case if the field cannot
 * be converted to array.
 * @param def the default value to be returned if an error occurs converting the field
 * @return an array representation of the field
 */
public byte[] getBytes(byte[] def) {
    return new ArrayConverter(byte[].class, new ByteConverter()).convert(byte[].class, value);
}