private AbstractConverter getConverter() {
    FieldFormat fieldFormat = field.getFormat();
    int size = fieldFormat.getSize();
    switch (fieldFormat.getType()) {
        case BOOLEAN: return new BooleanConverter();
        case UINT:
            if (size < 32) {
                return new IntegerConverter();
            } else if (size < 64) {
                return new LongConverter();
            } else {
                return new BigIntegerConverter();
            }
        case SINT:
            if (size <= 32) {
                return new IntegerConverter();
            } else if (size <= 64) {
                return new LongConverter();
            } else {
                return new BigIntegerConverter();
            }
        case FLOAT_IEE754:
        case FLOAT_IEE11073: return size <= 32 ? new FloatConverter() : new DoubleConverter();
        case UTF8S:
        case UTF16S: return new StringConverter();
        default:
            throw new IllegalStateException("Unsupported field format: " + fieldFormat.getType());
    }
}
 

/**
 * Register standard default null.
 * 
 * @see ConvertUtilsBean#registerPrimitives(boolean) registerPrimitives(boolean throwException)
 * @see ConvertUtilsBean#registerStandard(boolean,boolean) registerStandard(boolean throwException, boolean defaultNull)
 * @see ConvertUtilsBean#registerOther(boolean) registerOther(boolean throwException)
 * @see ConvertUtilsBean#registerArrays(boolean,int) registerArrays(boolean throwException, int defaultArraySize)
 * @see ConvertUtilsBean#deregister(Class) ConvertUtilsBean.deregister(Class)
 * @since 1.11.2
 */
public static void registerStandardDefaultNull(){
    ConvertUtils.register(new BigDecimalConverter(null), BigDecimal.class);
    ConvertUtils.register(new BigIntegerConverter(null), BigInteger.class);
    ConvertUtils.register(new BooleanConverter(null), Boolean.class);
    ConvertUtils.register(new ByteConverter(null), Byte.class);
    ConvertUtils.register(new CharacterConverter(null), Character.class);
    ConvertUtils.register(new DoubleConverter(null), Double.class);
    ConvertUtils.register(new FloatConverter(null), Float.class);
    ConvertUtils.register(new IntegerConverter(null), Integer.class);
    ConvertUtils.register(new LongConverter(null), Long.class);
    ConvertUtils.register(new ShortConverter(null), Short.class);
    ConvertUtils.register(new StringConverter(null), String.class);
}
 

/**
    * <p>Initialize other global characteristics of the controller servlet.</p>
    * Overridden to remove the ConvertUtils.deregister() command that caused problems
    * with the concurrent data dictionary load.  (KULRNE-4405)
    *
    * @exception ServletException if we cannot initialize these resources
    */
   @Override
protected void initOther() throws ServletException {

       String value = null;
       value = getServletConfig().getInitParameter("config");
       if (value != null) {
           config = value;
       }

       // Backwards compatibility for form beans of Java wrapper classes
       // Set to true for strict Struts 1.0 compatibility
       value = getServletConfig().getInitParameter("convertNull");
       if ("true".equalsIgnoreCase(value)
           || "yes".equalsIgnoreCase(value)
           || "on".equalsIgnoreCase(value)
           || "y".equalsIgnoreCase(value)
           || "1".equalsIgnoreCase(value)) {

           convertNull = true;
       }

       if (convertNull) {
           ConvertUtils.register(new BigDecimalConverter(null), BigDecimal.class);
           ConvertUtils.register(new BigIntegerConverter(null), BigInteger.class);
           ConvertUtils.register(new BooleanConverter(null), Boolean.class);
           ConvertUtils.register(new ByteConverter(null), Byte.class);
           ConvertUtils.register(new CharacterConverter(null), Character.class);
           ConvertUtils.register(new DoubleConverter(null), Double.class);
           ConvertUtils.register(new FloatConverter(null), Float.class);
           ConvertUtils.register(new IntegerConverter(null), Integer.class);
           ConvertUtils.register(new LongConverter(null), Long.class);
           ConvertUtils.register(new ShortConverter(null), Short.class);
       }

       // KULRICE-8176: KFS Notes/Attachments Tab Functionality for Note Text Error - Visible/Special characters, spaces, or tabs
       parameterEncoding = getServletConfig().getInitParameter("PARAMETER_ENCODING");
   }