@XStreamConverter annotation does not properly initialize the converter class

I have converters that require intitialization via their constructors (common functionality in an AbstractConverter and text like:

public class MatrixIdConverter extends AbstractMapConverter {
public MatrixIdConverter()

{ super("matrix id", ServiceLocator.getMapManager().getMatrixNameMap()); }

}

the problem is that such a converter invoked via an @XStreamConverter(MatrixIdConverter.class) annotation does not work – due to using Sun14ReflectionProvider to instantiate the converter object (AnnotationReflectionConverter.java at about line 35):

protected void marshallField(final MarshallingContext context,
Object newObj, Field field) {
XStreamConverter annotation = annotationProvider.getAnnotation(field, XStreamConverter.class);
if (annotation != null)

{ context.convertAnother(newObj, (Converter) reflectionProvider .newInstance(annotation.value())); }

else

{ context.convertAnother(newObj); }

}

Just because I want to use the non-constructor serialization for my XML serialization does not mean I want to avoid constructors for my converters. Is there a way to avoid this? (I.e. I would think that the code should always use pure Java reflection for instantiating "worker" objects and only use Sun14 style reflection for instantiating deserialized objects.)