e.g. Classes.coerce("1.0", Number.class) will rise a NumberFormatException.

Our workaround for this issue is as following:

{{public static Object coerce(final Class<?> clazz, Object val) throws ClassCastException {
if (val instanceof String && String.class != clazz) {
try

{ val = Classes.coerce(Double.class, val); }

catch (NumberFormatException e) {
if (Boolean.class == clazz)

{ val = toBoolean((String) val); // "true", "on", "yes", "y" -> True }

else

{ val = null; }

}
}
return Classes.coerce(clazz, val);
}}}

It makes conversions much more robust. Could this be a general approach for ZK core?