* </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}.
     *

     * @return the converted {@link Long}
     */
    public static Long toLong(final Object o) {
        return toLong(o, null);
    }

    /**
     * Converts the given object to a {@link Long}.
     *
     * @param o
     *            the object to convert
     * @param pattern
     *            the pattern string
     * @return the converted {@link Long}
     */

     * @return The converted {@link Integer}
     */
    public static Integer toInteger(final Object o) {
        return toInteger(o, null);
    }

    /**
     * Converts to {@link Integer}.
     *
     * @param o
     *            The object to convert
     * @param pattern
     *            The pattern string
     * @return The converted {@link Integer}
     */

     *            The object to convert
     * @return The converted {@link Double}
     */
    public static Double toDouble(final Object o) {
        return toDouble(o, null);
    }

    /**
     * Converts to {@link Double}.
     *
     * @param o
     *            The object to convert
     * @param pattern
     *            The pattern string
     * @return The converted {@link Double}
     */

     *            The object to convert
     * @return The converted {@link Byte}
     */
    public static Byte toByte(final Object o) {
        return toByte(o, null);
    }

    /**
     * Converts to {@link Byte}.
     *
     * @param o
     *            The object to convert
     * @param pattern
     *            The pattern string
     * @return The converted {@link Byte}
     */

     * @return The converted {@link Calendar}
     */
    public static Calendar toCalendar(final Object o) {
        return toCalendar(o, null);
    }

    /**
     * Converts to {@link Calendar}.
     *
     * @param o
     *            The object to convert
     * @param pattern
     *            The pattern string
     * @return The converted {@link Calendar}
     */

     *
     * @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) {

   *       the same.
   *   <li>The special characters ".", "-", "*", and "_" remain the same.
   *   <li>The space character " " is converted into a plus sign "+".
   *   <li>All other characters are converted into one or more bytes using UTF-8 encoding and each
   *       byte is then represented by the 3-character string "%XY", where "XY" is the two-digit,