Enhanced Parameters utility for primitive types

[c-schuler]

Enhancement for #591

• Added base generic Parameters class
• Updated version-specific classes to use the logic from the base class (ensured that it is backwards compatible - non-breaking changes)
• Added primitive type specific methods with the following pattern: newXPart where X is the primitive type name (e.g. newIntegerPart("integerPartExample", 42)) - unfortunately there were too many overlapping patterns to simply determine the type based on the raw type
• Added tests for basic and new functionality

[JPercival]

@c-schuler - Looks great! There are some conflicts with the master branch. Could you resolve those?