code: public Object toObject(final String pString, final Class pType) throws ConversionException {
          return toObject(pString, pType, null);
      }
docs: Converts the string to an object of the given type.
  
  @param pString the string to convert
  @param pType the type to convert to
  
  @return the object created from the given string.
  
  @throws ConversionException if the string cannot be converted for any
  reason.