}

  /**
   * Returns a converter whose {@code convert} method applies {@code secondConverter} to the result
   * of this converter. Its {@code reverse} method applies the converters in reverse order.
   *
   * <p>The returned converter is serializable if {@code this} converter and {@code secondConverter}
   * are.
   */
  public final <C> Converter<A, C> andThen(Converter<B, C> secondConverter) {

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.codelibs.core.beans.Converter;
import org.codelibs.core.beans.converter.DateConverter;
import org.codelibs.core.beans.converter.NumberConverter;
import org.codelibs.core.beans.converter.SqlDateConverter;
import org.codelibs.core.beans.converter.TimeConverter;
import org.codelibs.core.beans.converter.TimestampConverter;
import org.codelibs.core.convert.DateConversionUtil;

     * @return the value as an object
     */
    Object getAsObject(String value);

    /**
     * Returns {@literal true} if this converter can handle the specified type.
     *
     * @param clazz
     *            the type. Must not be {@literal null}
     * @return {@literal true} if this converter can handle the specified type
     */
    boolean isTarget(Class<?> clazz);

  }

  /**
   * Returns a serializable {@code Converter} that converts strings from this format to {@code
   * targetFormat}.
   *
   * @since 16.0
   */
  public Converter<String, String> converterTo(CaseFormat targetFormat) {
    return new StringConverter(this, targetFormat);
  }

  private static final class StringConverter extends Converter<String, String>
      implements Serializable {

  }

  /**
   * Returns a serializable {@code Converter} that converts strings from this format to {@code
   * targetFormat}.
   *
   * @since 16.0
   */
  public Converter<String, String> converterTo(CaseFormat targetFormat) {
    return new StringConverter(this, targetFormat);
  }

  private static final class StringConverter extends Converter<String, String>
      implements Serializable {

For example, you cannot put a Pydantic model in a `JSONResponse` without first converting it to a `dict` with all the data types (like `datetime`, `UUID`, etc) converted to JSON-compatible types.

For those cases, you can use the `jsonable_encoder` to convert your data before passing it to a response:

It would also mean that if you get data from the `Request` object directly (for example, read the body) it won't be validated, converted or documented (with OpenAPI, for the automatic API user interface) by FastAPI.

Although any other parameter declared normally (for example, the body with a Pydantic model) would still be validated, converted, annotated, etc.

But there are specific cases where it's useful to get the `Request` object.

    }

    /**
     * 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}.
     *

    }

    @GwtIncompatible @J2ktIncompatible private static final long serialVersionUID = 1;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a serializable converter object that converts between strings and shorts using {@link
   * Short#decode} and {@link Short#toString()}. The returned converter throws {@link
   * NumberFormatException} if the input string is invalid.
   *

    }

    @GwtIncompatible @J2ktIncompatible private static final long serialVersionUID = 1;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a serializable converter object that converts between strings and shorts using {@link
   * Short#decode} and {@link Short#toString()}. The returned converter throws {@link
   * NumberFormatException} if the input string is invalid.
   *