Convert Object to BigDecimal : BigDecimal « Data Type « Java Tutorial

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2. Data Type
3. BigDecimal

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.math.BigInteger;

/**
 * Utility methods for math classes
 * 
 * @author etirelli
 */
public class MathUtils {
    
    public static BigDecimal getBigDecimal( Object value ) {
        BigDecimal ret = null;
        if( value != null ) {
            if( value instanceof BigDecimal ) {
                ret = (BigDecimal) value;
            } else if( value instanceof String ) {
                ret = new BigDecimal( (String) value );
            } else if( value instanceof BigInteger ) {
                ret = new BigDecimal( (BigInteger) value );
            } else if( value instanceof Number ) {
                ret = new BigDecimal( ((Number)value).doubleValue() );
            } else {
                throw new ClassCastException("Not possible to coerce ["+value+"] from class "+value.getClass()+" into a BigDecimal.");
            }
        }
        return ret;
    }



}