class ParseHelper {

    public Object parse(String s) throws Exception {
        if (isSymbolGetter(s)) {
            return parseSymbol(s);
        }

        String trim = s.trim();

        if (trim.toLowerCase().equals("null")) {
            return null;
        }

        if (type.equals(String.class) && Options.isFixedLengthStringParsing() &&
                trim.startsWith("'") && trim.endsWith("'")) {
            return trim.substring(1, trim.length() - 1);
        }

        TypeAdapter ta = TypeAdapter.adapterFor(type);
        ta.init(fixture, type);

        return ta.parse(s);
    }

    public  ParseHelper(Fixture fixture, Class<?> type);

}