Java tutorial
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; } }