Here you can find the source of createBigDecimal(Object value)
public static BigDecimal createBigDecimal(Object value)
//package com.java2s; /**//from w w w . j a v a 2s .com * Copyright (C) 2006 Dragos Balan (dragos.balan@gmail.com) * * 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; public class Main { public static BigDecimal createBigDecimal(Object value) { BigDecimal valueAsBd = null; if (value instanceof Number) { valueAsBd = new BigDecimal(((Number) value).doubleValue()); } else { if (value instanceof String) { valueAsBd = new BigDecimal((String) value); } else { valueAsBd = new BigDecimal(value.toString()); } } return valueAsBd; } }