code: protected boolean isApplicable(ValueConverter<?, ?> converter, GenericType<?> targetType) {
  
      Class<?> expectedTargetClass = targetType.getRetrievalClass();
      if (expectedTargetClass.isArray()) {
        expectedTargetClass = expectedTargetClass.getComponentType();
      }
      return isApplicable(converter.getTargetType(), expectedTargetClass);
    }
docs: This method determines if the given {@code converter} is applicable for the given {@code targetType}.
  
  @see ValueConverter#getTargetType()
  
  @param converter is the {@link ValueConverter} to check.
  @param targetType is the {@link GenericType} to match with {@link ValueConverter#getTargetType()}.
  @return {@code true} if the given {@code converter} is applicable, {@code false} otherwise.