if (pattern != null) {
                return Short.valueOf(new SimpleDateFormat(pattern).format(o));
            }
            return (short) ((java.util.Date) o).getTime();
        } else if (o instanceof Boolean) {
            return ((Boolean) o) ? (short) 1 : (short) 0;
        } else {
            return toShort(o.toString());
        }
    }

    private static Short toShort(final String s) {

      return "UnsignedLongs.lexicographicalComparator()";
    }
  }

  /**
   * Sorts the array, treating its elements as unsigned 64-bit integers.
   *
   * @since 23.1
   */
  public static void sort(long[] array) {
    checkNotNull(array);
    sort(array, 0, array.length);
  }

  /**
   * Sorts the array between {@code fromIndex} inclusive and {@code toIndex} exclusive, treating its

    }
    return create(array);
  }

  protected abstract Set<AnEnum> create(AnEnum[] elements);

  @Override
  public AnEnum[] createArray(int length) {
    return new AnEnum[length];
  }

  /** Sorts the enums according to their natural ordering. */
  /*
   * While the current implementation returns `this`, that's not something we mean to guarantee.

    /**
     * Returns a new array with the specified short value appended to the end of the short array.
     *
     * @param array
     *            the array. Must not be {@literal null}
     * @param value
     *            the value to add
     * @return a new array with the value appended
     */
    public static short[] add(final short[] array, final short value) {
        assertArgumentNotNull("array", array);

  //
  // Essentially, then, `table[h]` gives us the start of a linked list in `entries`, where every
  // element of the list has the short hash value h.
  //
  // A wrinkle here is that the value 0 (called UNSET in the code) is used as the equivalent of a
  // null pointer. If `table[h] == 0` that means there are no keys in the map whose short hash is h.

                return f;
            }
            return Float.valueOf(0);
        } else if (type == short.class) {
            final Short s = ShortConversionUtil.toShort(o);
            if (s != null) {
                return s;
            }
            return Short.valueOf((short) 0);
        } else if (type == boolean.class) {
            final Boolean b = BooleanConversionUtil.toBoolean(o);

      } else if (type == char.class) {
        return (T) Character.valueOf('\0');
      } else if (type == byte.class) {
        return (T) Byte.valueOf((byte) 0);
      } else if (type == short.class) {
        return (T) Short.valueOf((short) 0);
      } else if (type == int.class) {
        return (T) Integer.valueOf(0);
      } else if (type == long.class) {
        return (T) Long.valueOf(0L);
      } else if (type == float.class) {

    }

    /** Array of styles held by {@link DateFormat}. */
    protected static final int[] STYLES = new int[] { SHORT, MEDIUM, LONG, FULL };

    /**
     * Returns the pattern string for {@link DateFormat#SHORT} style in the default locale.
     *
     * @return the pattern string for {@link DateFormat#SHORT} style
     */
    public static String getShortPattern() {
        return getShortPattern(LocaleUtil.getDefault());

    }

    /** Array of styles held by {@link DateFormat} */
    protected static final int[] STYLES = new int[] { SHORT, MEDIUM, LONG, FULL };

    /**
     * Returns the pattern string for {@link DateFormat#SHORT} style in the default locale.
     *
     * @return the pattern string for {@link DateFormat#SHORT} style
     */
    public static String getShortPattern() {
        return getShortPattern(LocaleUtil.getDefault());

    }

    /** Array of styles held by {@link DateFormat} */
    protected static final int[] STYLES = new int[] { SHORT, MEDIUM, LONG, FULL };

    /**
     * Returns the pattern string for {@link DateFormat#SHORT} style using the default locale.
     *
     * @return the pattern string for {@link DateFormat#SHORT} style
     */
    public static String getShortPattern() {
        return getShortPattern(LocaleUtil.getDefault());