cucumber-jvm: @XStreamConverter not registered for normal step parameters, only works within data tables

foo.feature

Feature: Foo Feature
	
	Scenario: do some foo
		Given I have some foo named "MyFoo"
		  	
	Scenario: do some foo with data table first
		Given I have some foo's in a data table:
		  	| foo 		|
		  	| MyFooToo	|
		Given I have some foo named "MyFoo"
		

foo_Test.java

package features.foo;

import org.junit.runner.RunWith;

import cucumber.junit.Cucumber;

@RunWith(Cucumber.class)
@Cucumber.Options(
		format = {}, monochrome = true,
		features = { "features/foo.feature" })
public class foo_Test {
}

FooStepDefs.java

package features.foo;

import java.util.List;

import junit.framework.Assert;
import cucumber.annotation.en.Given;
import cucumber.runtime.xstream.annotations.XStreamConverter;
import cucumber.runtime.xstream.converters.basic.AbstractSingleValueConverter;

public class FooStepDefs {

	@Given("^I have some foo named \"([^\"]*)\"$")
	public void I_have_some_foo_named(Foo foo) {
		Assert.assertNotNull(foo.getName());
	}

	@Given("^I have some foo's in a data table:$")
	public void I_have_some_foo_s_in_a_data_table(List<FooInTable> foosInTable) {
		for (FooInTable fooInTable : foosInTable) {
			Assert.assertNotNull(fooInTable.foo.getName());
		}
	}

	public static class FooInTable {
		public Foo foo;
	}

	public static class FooConverter extends AbstractSingleValueConverter {
		@Override
		public boolean canConvert(Class type) {
			return type.equals(Foo.class);
		}

		@Override
		public Object fromString(String name) {
			return FooFactory.createFoo(name);
		}
	}

	@XStreamConverter(FooConverter.class)
	public static final class Foo {
		private String name;

		Foo(String name) {
			this.name = name;
		}

		public String getName() {
			return name;
		}
	}

	public static class FooFactory {
		public static Foo createFoo(String name) {
			return new Foo(name);
		}
	}
}

stacktrace

java.lang.ClassCastException: cucumber.runtime.xstream.converters.reflection.ReflectionConverter cannot be cast to cucumber.runtime.xstream.converters.SingleValueConverter
	at cucumber.runtime.StepDefinitionMatch.transformedArgs(StepDefinitionMatch.java:92)
	at cucumber.runtime.StepDefinitionMatch.runStep(StepDefinitionMatch.java:43)
	at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.runStep(Runtime.java:255)
	at cucumber.runtime.model.StepContainer.runStep(StepContainer.java:44)
	at cucumber.runtime.model.StepContainer.runSteps(StepContainer.java:39)
	at cucumber.runtime.model.CucumberScenario.run(CucumberScenario.java:36)
	at cucumber.junit.ExecutionUnitRunner.run(ExecutionUnitRunner.java:76)
	at cucumber.junit.FeatureRunner.runChild(FeatureRunner.java:65)
	at cucumber.junit.FeatureRunner.runChild(FeatureRunner.java:20)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:193)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:52)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:191)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:42)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:184)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:236)
	at cucumber.junit.FeatureRunner.run(FeatureRunner.java:72)
	at cucumber.junit.Cucumber.runChild(Cucumber.java:76)
	at cucumber.junit.Cucumber.runChild(Cucumber.java:36)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:193)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:52)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:191)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:42)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:184)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:236)
	at cucumber.junit.Cucumber.run(Cucumber.java:81)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.run(JUnit4TestReference.java:50)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run(TestExecution.java:38)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:467)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:683)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:390)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:197)
	at ✽.Given I have some foo named "MyFoo"(features\foo.feature:4)