* </p>
 * <p>
 * If the source object is a {@link Date}, {@link Calendar}, or {@link java.sql.Date}, the converted object is created using the millisecond value of the source.
 * For other types, the converted object is created from the string representation of the source object.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * If no pattern is specified, the pattern used for conversion depends on the locale as follows:

 * </p>
 * <p>
 * If the source object is a {@link Date}, {@link Calendar}, or {@link Timestamp}, the converted object is created using their millisecond value.
 * For other types, the converted object is created from the string representation of the source object.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * If no pattern is specified, the pattern used for conversion depends on the locale as follows:

    }

    /**
     * Converts the given object to a {@link Date}.
     *
     * @param src
     *            The source object to convert.
     * @return The converted {@link Date}.
     */
    public static Date toDate(final Object src) {
        return toDate(src, null, LocaleUtil.getDefault());
    }

    /**
     * Converts the given object to a {@link Date}.
     *

     *
     * @param context the query context
     * @param termQuery the term query to convert
     * @param boost the boost value to apply
     * @return the converted QueryBuilder
     */
    protected QueryBuilder convertTermQuery(final QueryContext context, final TermQuery termQuery, final float boost) {

    /**
     * Parses a sequence of XML elements and converts them to the given target type.
     *
     * @param parser The XML parser
     * @param toType The target type
     * @return Converted instance of the target type
     */
    private Object parse(final MXParser parser, final TypeLiteral<?> toType) throws Exception {
        parser.require(XmlPullParser.START_TAG, null, null);

 *   <li>Convert multiple instances "forward" using {@code converter.convertAll(as)}.
 *   <li>Convert in the "backward" direction using {@code converter.reverse().convert(b)} or {@code
 *       converter.reverse().convertAll(bs)}.
 *   <li>Use {@code converter} or {@code converter.reverse()} anywhere a {@link
 *       java.util.function.Function} is accepted (for example {@link java.util.stream.Stream#map

                    final String converted = URLEncoder.encode(target, Constants.UTF_8);
                    if (target.equals(converted)) {
                        encodedBuf.append(Base64.getUrlEncoder().encodeToString(target.getBytes(Constants.CHARSET_UTF_8)));
                    } else {
                        encodedBuf.append(converted);
                    }

    this.min = min;
    this.max = max;
  }

  /**
   * Returns statistics over a dataset containing the given values.
   *
   * @param values a series of values, which will be converted to {@code double} values (this may
   *     cause loss of precision)
   */
  public static Stats of(Iterable<? extends Number> values) {
    StatsAccumulator accumulator = new StatsAccumulator();

  private static final char CASE_MASK = 0x20;

  /**
   * Returns a copy of the input string in which all {@linkplain #isUpperCase(char) uppercase ASCII
   * characters} have been converted to lowercase. All other characters are copied without
   * modification.
   */
  public static String toLowerCase(String string) {
    int length = string.length();
    for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {

        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a {@link ConstructorDesc} that matches the given arguments.
     * <p>
     * If the parameter type is a number, it is considered a match if the argument can be converted to the number type.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param args
     *            the constructor arguments
     * @return a {@link ConstructorDesc} that matches the arguments, or {@literal null} if none exists
     */