*   <li>{@link Booleans}
 *   <li>{@link Bytes}
 *       <ul>
 *         <li>{@link SignedBytes}
 *         <li>{@link UnsignedBytes}
 *       </ul>
 *   <li>{@link Chars}
 *   <li>{@link Doubles}
 *   <li>{@link Floats}
 *   <li>{@link Ints}
 *       <ul>
 *         <li>{@link UnsignedInts}
 *       </ul>
 *   <li>{@link Longs}
 *       <ul>
 *         <li>{@link UnsignedLongs}
 *       </ul>
 *   <li>{@link Shorts}

    }

    private static Float toFloat(final String s) {
        if (StringUtil.isEmpty(s)) {
            return null;
        }
        return Float.valueOf(DecimalFormatUtil.normalize(s));
    }

    /**
     * Converts to {@literal float}.
     *
     * @param o
     *            The object to convert
     * @return The converted {@literal float}
     */
    public static float toPrimitiveFloat(final Object o) {

a {
    display: block;
    float: left;
    width: 300px;
    height: 50px;
    padding: 2px;
    font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;
    font-size: 10pt;
    color: #000000;
    text-decoration: none
}
a.plain {
    display: inline;
    float: none;
    width: auto;
    height: auto
}
a.sort {
    display: block;
    float: left;
    width: 100px;
    height: 15px;
    font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;

     * The method evaluates the boost expression and converts the result to a float value.
     * Supports Integer, Long, Float, Double, and String representations of numbers.
     *
     * @param map the document data as a map of field names to values
     * @return the calculated boost value as a float, or 0.0f if evaluation fails
     */
    public float getValue(final Map<String, Object> map) {
        if (map == null || map.isEmpty()) {

    writeLong(Double.doubleToLongBits(v));
  }

  /**
   * Writes a {@code float} as specified by {@link DataOutputStream#writeFloat(float)}, except using
   * little-endian byte order.
   *
   * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
   */
  @Override
  public void writeFloat(float v) throws IOException {
    writeInt(Float.floatToIntBits(v));
  }

  /**

    }

    /**
     * Gets the weight/priority of this request.
     * @return the weight
     */
    public float getWeight() {
        return weight;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the weight/priority of this request.
     * @param weight the weight
     */
    public void setWeight(float weight) {
        this.weight = weight;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the hash code for this RequestData.

            if (l != null) {
                return l;
            }
            return Long.valueOf(0);
        } else if (type == float.class) {
            final Float f = FloatConversionUtil.toFloat(o);
            if (f != null) {
                return f;
            }
            return Float.valueOf(0);
        } else if (type == short.class) {
            final Short s = ShortConversionUtil.toShort(o);

  }

  public void testCheckNonNegative_zeroFloat() {
    MathPreconditions.checkNonNegative("float", 0f);
  }

  public void testCheckNonNegative_maxFloat() {
    MathPreconditions.checkNonNegative("float", Float.MAX_VALUE);
  }

  public void testCheckNonNegative_minFloat() {
    MathPreconditions.checkNonNegative("float", Float.MIN_VALUE);
  }

  public void testCheckNonNegative_positiveFloat() {

    //                                                                            ========
    public Float getBoost() {
        checkSpecifiedProperty("boost");
        return boost;
    }

    public void setBoost(Float value) {
        registerModifiedProperty("boost");
        this.boost = value;
    }

    public String getCreatedBy() {

public class ElevateWord {

    /**
     * The elevate word.
     */
    protected final String elevateWord;

    /**
     * The boost value associated with the elevate word.
     */
    protected final float boost;

    /**
     * The list of readings associated with the elevate word.
     */
    protected final List<String> readings;

    /**
     * The list of fields associated with the elevate word.
     */