Simple Javamethod to convert a string to any primitive datatype (excluding char and String), may work with other datatypes if parse-method exists

StringToPrimitive.java

public static <T> T stringToPrimitive(String str, Class<T> type) {
    Method[] methods = type.getMethods();
    for (Method m : methods) {
        if (m.getName().startsWith("parse") && m.getParameters().length == 1 && m.getParameterTypes()[0].equals(String.class)) {
            try {
                return (T) m.invoke(null, str);
            } catch (IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }
    return null;
}