*
     * @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);

        final Class<?> rawType = toType.getRawType();
        if (XmlNode.class.isAssignableFrom(rawType)) {

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    @Test
    public void testToDate_Null() throws Exception {
        assertThat(toDate(null), is(nullValue()));
    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    @Test
    public void testToDate_EmptyString() throws Exception {
        assertThat(toDate(""), is(nullValue()));
    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    @Test

     */
    //    @Test
    //    public void testToDate_Null() throws Exception {
    //        assertThat(toDate(null, Locale.JAPAN), is(nullValue()));
    //    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    @Test
    public void testToDate_EmptyString() throws Exception {
        assertThat(toDate("", Locale.JAPAN), is(nullValue()));
    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    @Test

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    @Test
    public void testToDate_Null() throws Exception {
        assertThat(toDate(null), is(nullValue()));
    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    @Test
    public void testToDate_EmptyString() throws Exception {
        assertThat(toDate(""), is(nullValue()));
    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    @Test

     *
     * @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 src
     *            The source object to convert.

     *
     * @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 src
     *            The source object to convert.

     */
    public static Date toDate(final Object src) {
        return toDate(src, null, LocaleUtil.getDefault());
    }

    /**
     * Converts an object to {@link Date}.
     *
     * @param src the source object
     * @param pattern the pattern string
     * @return the converted {@link Date}
     */
    public static Date toDate(final Object src, final String pattern) {

        assertNotEquals(guid1, guid2);
        assertEquals(16, guid1.toBytes().length);
        assertEquals(16, guid2.toBytes().length);
    }

    @Test
    public void testHandleGuidRoundTrip() {
        HandleGuid original = new HandleGuid();
        byte[] bytes = original.toBytes();
        HandleGuid reconstructed = new HandleGuid(bytes);

        assertEquals(original, reconstructed);

}

// ToTimestamp returns the timestamp value if present.
func (v Value) ToTimestamp() (t time.Time, ok bool) {
	t, ok = v.value.(time.Time)
	return t, ok
}

// ToBytes returns the value if byte-slice.
func (v Value) ToBytes() (val []byte, ok bool) {
	val, ok = v.value.([]byte)
	return val, ok
}

// ToArray returns the value if it is a slice of values.
func (v Value) ToArray() (val []Value, ok bool) {

            try {
                return TimestampConversionUtil.toDate(arg);
            } catch (final ParseRuntimeException ex) {
                try {
                    return DateConversionUtil.toDate(arg);
                } catch (final ParseRuntimeException ex2) {
                    return TimeConversionUtil.toDate(arg);
                }
            }