*/
    protected LongConversionUtil() {
    }

    /**
     * Converts the given object to a {@link Long}.
     *
     * @param o
     *            the object to convert
     * @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

  }

  /**
   * 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 {

  public void testStringConverter_convert() {
    Converter<String, TestEnum> converter = Enums.stringConverter(TestEnum.class);
    assertEquals(TestEnum.CHEETO, converter.convert("CHEETO"));
    assertEquals(TestEnum.HONDA, converter.convert("HONDA"));
    assertEquals(TestEnum.POODLE, converter.convert("POODLE"));
    assertThat(converter.convert(null)).isNull();
    assertThat(converter.reverse().convert(null)).isNull();
  }

    /**
     * Converts the given object to a string.
     *
     * @param value
     *            The object to convert
     * @return The converted {@literal String}
     */
    public static String toString(final Object value) {
        return toString(value, null);
    }

    /**
     * Converts the given object to a string.
     *
     * @param value

    }

    /**
     * Converts to {@link Short}.
     *
     * @param o
     *            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

  public void testStringConverter_convert() {
    Converter<String, TestEnum> converter = Enums.stringConverter(TestEnum.class);
    assertEquals(TestEnum.CHEETO, converter.convert("CHEETO"));
    assertEquals(TestEnum.HONDA, converter.convert("HONDA"));
    assertEquals(TestEnum.POODLE, converter.convert("POODLE"));
    assertThat(converter.convert(null)).isNull();
    assertThat(converter.reverse().convert(null)).isNull();
  }

# JSON Compatible Encoder { #json-compatible-encoder }

There are some cases where you might need to convert a data type (like a Pydantic model) to something compatible with JSON (like a `dict`, `list`, etc).

For example, if you need to store it in a database.

For that, **FastAPI** provides a `jsonable_encoder()` function.

## Using the `jsonable_encoder` { #using-the-jsonable-encoder }

     * @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}
     */

            result.addDependency(convert(dependency, stereotypes));
        }

        DependencyManagement mgmt = model.getDependencyManagement();
        if (mgmt != null) {
            for (org.apache.maven.model.Dependency dependency : mgmt.getDependencies()) {
                result.addManagedDependency(convert(dependency, stereotypes));
            }
        }

        return convertObj(value, clazz);
    }

    /**
     * Converts an object to the specified type.
     * Supports conversion to String, Date, Long, Integer, Double, Float, and Boolean types.
     *
     * @param <T> the type to convert the value to
     * @param value the value to convert
     * @param clazz the target class type
     * @return the converted value or null if conversion is not supported
     */