/**
   * This extracts and instantiates the implementation class from a {@code ClassBridge} annotation.
   *
   * @param cb the class bridge annotation
   * @param clazz the {@code Class} on which the annotation is defined on
   * @return Returns the specified {@code FieldBridge} instance
   */
  public FieldBridge extractType(ClassBridge cb, Class<?> clazz) {
    FieldBridge bridge = null;
    Class<?> bridgeType = null;

    if (cb != null) {
      bridgeType = cb.impl();
      if (bridgeType != null) {
        try {
          Object instance = bridgeType.newInstance();
          if (FieldBridge.class.isAssignableFrom(bridgeType)) {
            bridge = (FieldBridge) instance;
          } else if (org.hibernate.search.bridge.TwoWayStringBridge.class.isAssignableFrom(
              bridgeType)) {
            bridge =
                new TwoWayString2FieldBridgeAdaptor(
                    (org.hibernate.search.bridge.TwoWayStringBridge) instance);
          } else if (org.hibernate.search.bridge.StringBridge.class.isAssignableFrom(bridgeType)) {
            bridge =
                new String2FieldBridgeAdaptor((org.hibernate.search.bridge.StringBridge) instance);
          } else {
            throw LOG.noFieldBridgeInterfaceImplementedByClassBridge(bridgeType.getName());
          }
        } catch (Exception e) {
          throw LOG.cannotInstantiateClassBridgeOfType(bridgeType.getName(), clazz.getName(), e);
        }
      }
    }
    if (bridge == null) {
      throw LOG.unableToDetermineClassBridge(ClassBridge.class.getName());
    }

    populateReturnType(clazz, bridgeType, bridge);

    return bridge;
  }