Here you can find the source of toDouble(final Object obj)
public static double toDouble(final Object obj)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w .j a v a2s . c o m*/ * Copyright (C) 2016 Stefan Hen? * * 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. */ public class Main { public static double toDouble(final Object obj) { if (obj instanceof Number) { return ((Number) obj).doubleValue(); } if (obj instanceof Boolean) { return (Boolean) obj ? 1.0 : 0.0; } if (obj instanceof String) { if ("true".equals(obj)) { return 1; } if ("false".equals(obj)) { return 0; } return Double.valueOf((String) obj); } throw new IllegalArgumentException(obj + ""); } public static double[] toDouble(final Object[] obj) { final double[] res = new double[obj.length]; for (int i = 0; i < obj.length; ++i) { res[i] = toDouble(obj[i]); } return res; } }