docs: protected Object initPropertyValue(String pValue, String pType, String pFormat) throws ClassNotFoundException {
  
      // System.out.println("pValue=" + pValue + " pType=" + pType
      //                 + " pFormat=" + pFormat);
      // No value to convert
      if (pValue == null) {
        return null;
      }
  
      // No conversion needed for Strings
      if ((pType == null) || pType.equals("String") || pType.equals("java.lang.String")) {
        return pValue;
      }
      Object value;
  
      if (pType.equals("Date") || pType.equals("java.util.Date")) {
  
        // Special parser needed
        try {
  
          // Parse date through StringUtil
          if (pFormat == null) {
            value = StringUtil.toDate(pValue, sDefaultFormat);
          } else {
            value = StringUtil.toDate(pValue, new SimpleDateFormat(pFormat));
          }
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
  
          // Not parseable...
          throw e;
        }
  
        // Return
        return value;
      } else if (pType.equals("java.sql.Timestamp")) {
  
        // Special parser needed
        try {
  
          // Parse timestamp through StringUtil
          value = StringUtil.toTimestamp(pValue);
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
  
          // Not parseable...
          throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage());
        }
  
        // Return
        return value;
      } else {
        int dot = pType.indexOf(".");
  
        if (dot < 0) {
          pType = "java.lang." + pType;
        }
  
        // Get class
        Class cl = Class.forName(pType);
  
        // Try to create instance from <Constructor>(String)
        value = createInstance(cl, pValue);
        if (value == null) {
  
          // createInstance failed for some reason
          // Try to invoke the static method valueof(String)
          value = invokeStaticMethod(cl, "valueOf", pValue);
  
          // If the value is still null, well, then I cannot help...
        }
      }
  
      // Return
      return value;
    }