SomeBean bean = new SomeBean();

        Xpp3Dom config = toConfig("<file>test</file>");

        DefaultBeanConfigurationRequest request = new DefaultBeanConfigurationRequest();
        request.setBean(bean).setConfiguration(config);

        configurator.configureBean(request);

        assertEquals(Paths.get("test"), bean.file);
    }

    @Test

        SomeBean bean = new SomeBean();

        Xpp3Dom config = toConfig("<file>test</file>");

        DefaultBeanConfigurationRequest request = new DefaultBeanConfigurationRequest();
        request.setBean(bean).setConfiguration(config);

        configurator.configureBean(request);

        assertEquals(new File("test"), bean.file);
    }

    @Test

     * @return The bean to configure, or {@code null} if none.
     */
    Object getBean();

    /**
     * Sets the bean to configure. Eventually, a valid request must have a bean set.
     *
     * @param bean The bean to configure, may be {@code null}.
     * @return This request for chaining, never {@code null}.
     */
    BeanConfigurationRequest setBean(Object bean);

    /**
     * Gets the configuration to unmarshal into the bean.

    private BeanConfigurationValuePreprocessor valuePreprocessor;

    private BeanConfigurationPathTranslator pathTranslator;

    public Object getBean() {
        return bean;
    }

    public DefaultBeanConfigurationRequest setBean(Object bean) {
        this.bean = bean;
        return this;
    }

    public Object getConfiguration() {
        return configuration;
    }

            classLoader = request.getBean().getClass().getClassLoader();
        }

        BeanExpressionEvaluator evaluator = new BeanExpressionEvaluator(request);

        ObjectWithFieldsConverter converter = new EnhancedConfigurationConverter();

        try {
            converter.processConfiguration(
                    converterLookup, request.getBean(), classLoader, plexusConfig, evaluator, null);