*            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 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}
     */

    /**
     * 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);

    /**
     * Converts the value to the appropriate type if necessary based on the property type.
     *
     * @param <T>
     *            the converted type
     * @param value
     *            the value to be converted
     * @return the converted value
     */
    <T> T convertIfNeed(Object value);

    /**
     * Returns the {@link BeanDesc}.
     *
     * @return the {@link BeanDesc}

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

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

     * @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}
     */

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

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

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

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