Here you can find the source of toBigDecimal(final Object o)
public static BigDecimal toBigDecimal(final Object o)
//package com.java2s; /*//from ww w . j ava2 s . c o m * Copyright 2004-2012 the Seasar Foundation and the Others. * * 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.text.SimpleDateFormat; public class Main { public static BigDecimal toBigDecimal(final Object o) { return toBigDecimal(o, null); } public static BigDecimal toBigDecimal(final Object o, final String pattern) { if (o == null) { return null; } else if (o instanceof BigDecimal) { return (BigDecimal) o; } else if (o instanceof java.util.Date) { if (pattern != null) { return new BigDecimal(new SimpleDateFormat(pattern).format(o)); } return new BigDecimal(Long.toString(((java.util.Date) o).getTime())); } else if (o instanceof String) { final String s = (String) o; if (s.isEmpty()) { return null; } return normalize(new BigDecimal(s)); } else { return normalize(new BigDecimal(o.toString())); } } public static String toString(final BigDecimal dec) { return dec.toPlainString(); } private static BigDecimal normalize(final BigDecimal dec) { return new BigDecimal(dec.toPlainString()); } }