return null;
        }
        return new DecimalFormat(pattern).format(value);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isTarget(final Class<?> clazz) {
        assertArgumentNotNull("clazz", clazz);
        return Number.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz);
    }

                return null;
            }

            return convertObj(((List<?>) value).get(0), clazz);
        }
        if (value instanceof String[]) {
            if (clazz.isAssignableFrom(String[].class)) {
                return (T) value;
            }
            if (clazz.isAssignableFrom(List.class)) {
                final List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();

     *
     * @param clazz
     *            the Bean class. Must not be {@literal null}
     * @return {@link BeanDesc}
     */
    public static BeanDesc getBeanDesc(final Class<?> clazz) {
        assertArgumentNotNull("clazz", clazz);

        if (!initialized) {
            initialize();
        }
        BeanDesc beanDesc = beanDescCache.get(clazz);
        if (beanDesc == null) {

            return null;
        }
        return StringConversionUtil.toString((Date) value, pattern);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isTarget(final Class<?> clazz) {
        assertArgumentNotNull("clazz", clazz);
        return clazz == Date.class;
    }

            return null;
        }
        return StringConversionUtil.toString((Date) value, pattern);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isTarget(final Class<?> clazz) {
        assertArgumentNotNull("clazz", clazz);
        return clazz == Time.class;
    }

        assertArgumentNotNull("type", type);
        assertArgumentNotNull("clazz", clazz);

        if (type instanceof Class) {
            return clazz.isAssignableFrom((Class<?>) type);
        }
        if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
            final ParameterizedType parameterizedType = ParameterizedType.class.cast(type);
            return isTypeOf(parameterizedType.getRawType(), clazz);
        }

      implements Predicate<T>, Serializable {
    private final Class<?> clazz;

    private InstanceOfPredicate(Class<?> clazz) {
      this.clazz = checkNotNull(clazz);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean apply(@ParametricNullness T o) {
      return clazz.isInstance(o);
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
      return clazz.hashCode();
    }

    @Override

  /**
   * Returns the package name of {@code clazz} according to the Java Language Specification (section
   * 6.7). Unlike {@link Class#getPackage}, this method only parses the class name, without
   * attempting to define the {@link Package} and hence load files.
   */
  public static String getPackageName(Class<?> clazz) {
    return getPackageName(clazz.getName());
  }

  /**

     * Finds the default converter corresponding to the class.
     *
     * @param clazz
     *            The class
     * @return The converter
     */
    protected Converter findDefaultConverter(final Class<?> clazz) {
        if (clazz == java.sql.Date.class) {
            return DEFAULT_DATE_CONVERTER;
        }
        if (clazz == Time.class) {
            return DEFAULT_TIME_CONVERTER;
        }

    /**
     * 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);