diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/ui/format/number/DecimalFormatter.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/ui/format/number/DecimalFormatter.java
index fa41a4145d..c4d41b066c 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/ui/format/number/DecimalFormatter.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/ui/format/number/DecimalFormatter.java
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ public class DecimalFormatter implements Formatter<BigDecimal> {
 		initDefaults();
 	}
 	
+	public Class<BigDecimal> getFormattedObjectType() {
+		return BigDecimal.class;
+	}
+
 	public DecimalFormatter(String pattern) {
 		initDefaults();
 		formatFactory.setPattern(pattern);
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/ui/format/number/IntegerFormatter.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/ui/format/number/IntegerFormatter.java
index 22421b876f..4c7d282aea 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/ui/format/number/IntegerFormatter.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/ui/format/number/IntegerFormatter.java
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ public class IntegerFormatter implements Formatter<Long> {
 
 	private boolean lenient;
 
+	public Class<Long> getFormattedObjectType() {
+		return Long.class;
+	}
+
 	public String format(Long integer, Locale locale) {
 		if (integer == null) {
 			return "";
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/ui/format/number/PercentFormatter.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/ui/format/number/PercentFormatter.java
index c57c4e92a4..94304f5521 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/ui/format/number/PercentFormatter.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/ui/format/number/PercentFormatter.java
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ public class PercentFormatter implements Formatter<BigDecimal> {
 
 	private boolean lenient;
 
+	public Class<BigDecimal> getFormattedObjectType() {
+		return BigDecimal.class;
+	}
+
 	public String format(BigDecimal decimal, Locale locale) {
 		if (decimal == null) {
 			return "";