Unknown java type at runtime with Predicate

Question

I am trying to use Predicate to build a query. Here is my entity:

    public class MyEntity {
        private LocalDateTime date;
        private Integer amount;
        
        //Some other
    }

I also have a class that contains my criteria

    public class EntityCriteria
        private LocalDateTime fromDate;
        private LocalDateTime toDate;
        private Integer minAmount;
        private Integer maxAmount;
    
        //Other properties and getters/setters
    }

To avoid having add manually a predicate for each criteria (1) Because there are a lot 2) So I can add a criteria without having to add its predicate), I run through list of criteria need to check (date, amount,...) and then I have a configuration file to tell if I need to use equal, between or something else and, in the case of between, the name of the lower and upper criteria in EntityCriteria.

    criteriaList.forEach(criteria -> {
        String strategy = getStrategyFromCriteria(criteria);
        String field = getEntityFieldFromCriteria(criteria);
        
        switch(strategy) {
            case "between":
                String lowerCriteriaName = getLowerCriteria(criteria)
                String upperCriteriaName = getUpperCriteria(criteria)

                // Something like lowerValue = getValueFromName(lowerCriteriaName)
                // Something like upperValue = getValueFromName(upperCriteriaName)
                Predicate predicate = cb.between(root.get(field), lowerValue, upperValue)
    });

I have no issue with equal since it asks an Object as parameter but equals need the type of the matching attribue in MyEntity and I can't figure how to do it in a way where it could take LocalDateTime or Integer in the same code. I would need something like a dynamic cast and be able to declare lowerValue and upperValue no matter the type.

Do you have any idea?