public Object convertValue(Map<String, Object> context,
    Object o,
    Member member,
    String s,
    Object value,
    Class toType) 
{
        Object result = null;
        if (value == null || toType.isAssignableFrom(value.getClass())) {
            // no need to convert at all, right?
            return value;
        }
        if (toType == String.class) {
            /* the code below has been disabled as it causes sideffects in Struts2 (XW-512)
            // if input (value) is a number then use special conversion method (XW-490)
            Class inputType = value.getClass();
            if (Number.class.isAssignableFrom(inputType)) {
                result = doConvertFromNumberToString(context, value, inputType);
                if (result != null) {
                    return result;
                }
            }*/
            // okay use default string conversion
            result = doConvertToString(context, value);
        } else if (toType == boolean.class) {
            result = doConvertToBoolean(value);
        } else if (toType == Boolean.class) {
            result = doConvertToBoolean(value);
        } else if (toType.isArray()) {
            result = doConvertToArray(context, o, member, s, value, toType);
        } else if (Date.class.isAssignableFrom(toType)) {
            result = doConvertToDate(context, value, toType);
        } else if (Calendar.class.isAssignableFrom(toType)) {
            Date dateResult = (Date) doConvertToDate(context, value, Date.class);
            if (dateResult != null) {
                Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
                calendar.setTime(dateResult);
                result = calendar;
            } 
        } else if (Collection.class.isAssignableFrom(toType)) {
            result = doConvertToCollection(context, o, member, s, value, toType);
        } else if (toType == Character.class) {
            result = doConvertToCharacter(value);
        } else if (toType == char.class) {
            result = doConvertToCharacter(value);
        } else if (Number.class.isAssignableFrom(toType) || toType.isPrimitive()) {
            result = doConvertToNumber(context, value, toType);
        } else if (toType == Class.class) {
            result = doConvertToClass(value);
        }
        if (result == null) {
            if (value instanceof Object[]) {
                Object[] array = (Object[]) value;
                if (array.length  >= 1) {
                    value = array[0];
                }
                // let's try to convert the first element only
                result = convertValue(context, o, member, s, value, toType);
            } else if (!"".equals(value)) { // we've already tried the types we know
                result = super.convertValue(context, value, toType);
            }
            if (result == null && value != null && !"".equals(value)) {
                throw new XWorkException("Cannot create type " + toType + " from value " + value);
            }
        }
        return result;
}

 protected boolean isInRange(Number value,
    String stringValue,
    Class toType) 
{
        Number bigValue = null;
        Number lowerBound = null;
        Number upperBound = null;
        try {
            if (double.class == toType || Double.class == toType) {
                bigValue = new BigDecimal(stringValue);
                // Double.MIN_VALUE is the smallest positive non-zero number
                lowerBound = BigDecimal.valueOf(Double.MAX_VALUE).negate();
                upperBound = BigDecimal.valueOf(Double.MAX_VALUE);
            } else if (float.class == toType || Float.class == toType) {
                bigValue = new BigDecimal(stringValue);
                // Float.MIN_VALUE is the smallest positive non-zero number
                lowerBound = BigDecimal.valueOf(Float.MAX_VALUE).negate();
                upperBound = BigDecimal.valueOf(Float.MAX_VALUE);
            } else if (byte.class == toType || Byte.class == toType) {
                bigValue = new BigInteger(stringValue);
                lowerBound = BigInteger.valueOf(Byte.MIN_VALUE);
                upperBound = BigInteger.valueOf(Byte.MAX_VALUE);
            } else if (char.class == toType || Character.class == toType) {
                bigValue = new BigInteger(stringValue);
                lowerBound = BigInteger.valueOf(Character.MIN_VALUE);
                upperBound = BigInteger.valueOf(Character.MAX_VALUE);
            } else if (short.class == toType || Short.class == toType) {
                bigValue = new BigInteger(stringValue);
                lowerBound = BigInteger.valueOf(Short.MIN_VALUE);
                upperBound = BigInteger.valueOf(Short.MAX_VALUE);
            } else if (int.class == toType || Integer.class == toType) {
                bigValue = new BigInteger(stringValue);
                lowerBound = BigInteger.valueOf(Integer.MIN_VALUE);
                upperBound = BigInteger.valueOf(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
            } else if (long.class == toType || Long.class == toType) {
                bigValue = new BigInteger(stringValue);
                lowerBound = BigInteger.valueOf(Long.MIN_VALUE);
                upperBound = BigInteger.valueOf(Long.MAX_VALUE);
            }
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            //shoult it fail here? BigInteger doesnt seem to be so nice parsing numbers as NumberFormat
            return true;
        }
        return ((Comparable)bigValue).compareTo(lowerBound)  >= 0 && ((Comparable)bigValue).compareTo(upperBound) < = 0;
}

 protected boolean isIntegerType(Class type) 
{
        if (double.class == type || float.class == type || Double.class == type || Float.class == type
                || char.class == type || Character.class == type) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
}

 public  void setObjectFactory(ObjectFactory fac) 
{
        this.objectFactory = fac;
}

 public  void setObjectTypeDeterminer(ObjectTypeDeterminer det) 
{
        this.objectTypeDeterminer = det;
}

 public  void setXWorkConverter(XWorkConverter conv) 
{
        this.xworkConverter = conv;
}