Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2010 JBoss Inc * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.math.BigDecimal; import java.math.BigInteger; public class Main { public static Class<?> convertToPrimitiveType(Class<?> type) { if (type.isPrimitive()) return type; if (type == Integer.class) return int.class; if (type == Long.class) return long.class; if (type == Float.class) return float.class; if (type == Double.class) return double.class; if (type == Short.class) return short.class; if (type == Byte.class) return byte.class; if (type == Character.class) return char.class; if (type == Boolean.class) return boolean.class; if (type == BigInteger.class) return long.class; if (type == BigDecimal.class) return double.class; if (type == Number.class) return double.class; throw new RuntimeException("Class not convertible to primitive: " + type.getName()); } }