## OAuth2 { #oauth2 }

OAuth2 is a specification that defines several ways to handle authentication and authorization.

It is quite an extensive specification and covers several complex use cases.

It includes ways to authenticate using a "third party".

That's what all the systems with "login with Facebook, Google, X (Twitter), GitHub" use underneath.

### OAuth 1 { #oauth-1 }

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 * <p>
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 * <p>
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 * <p>
 * If the source object is a {@link Date}, {@link Calendar}, or {@link java.sql.Date}, the converted object is created using the millisecond value of the source.
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        return toDate(src, null, LocaleUtil.getDefault());
    }

    /**
     * Converts the given object to a {@link Date}.
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     */
    public static Integer toInteger(final Object o) {
        return toInteger(o, null);
    }

    /**
     * Converts to {@link Integer}.
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    }

    /**
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    public static Long toLong(final Object o) {
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    }

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