Bug 180392 [DataBinding] Add support for shorts, bytes, and BigDecimal to StringToNumberConverter
We need to add the appropriate API to StringToNumberConverter and NumberToStringConverter for short and bytes as their boxed types are Numbers as well.
bundles/org.eclipse.core.databinding/src/org/eclipse/core/databinding/UpdateStrategy.java
Class converterClass;
				try {
					converterClass = Class.forName(classname);
					IConverter result = (IConverter) converterClass
							.newInstance();
					converterMap.put(key, result);
					return result;
				} catch (Exception e) {
					Policy
							.getLog()
							.log(
									new Status(
											IStatus.ERROR,
											Policy.JFACE_DATABINDING,
											0,
											"Error while instantiating default converter", e)); 
				}
			}
		}
		
		
		
		if (fromClass.isAssignableFrom(toClass)) {
			return new IdentityConverter(originalFromClass, originalToClass);
		}
		return new DefaultConverter(fromType, toType);
	}
	private synchronized static Map getConverterMap() {
		
		if (converterMap == null) {