Here you can find the source of sumNumberCollection(Collection
public static <T extends Number> Double sumNumberCollection(Collection<T> numbers)
//package com.java2s; /*//from ww w . jav a 2 s .c o m Copyright 2008, CCTC - Computer Science and Technology Center IBB-DEB - Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering - Department of Biological Engineering University of Minho This is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Public License along with this code. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. Created inside the SysBio Research Group (http://sysbio.di.uminho.pt) University of Minho */ import java.util.Collection; public class Main { public static <T extends Number> Double sumNumberCollection(Collection<T> numbers) { double sum = 0.0; for (T t : numbers) { sum += t.doubleValue(); } return sum; } }