Here you can find the source of toInteger(Object value, int defaultValue)
public static int toInteger(Object value, int defaultValue)
//package com.java2s; /*// w w w .ja v a 2 s.c om * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you 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 int toInteger(Object value, int defaultValue) { if (value == null) { return defaultValue; } else if (value instanceof Number) { return ((Number) value).intValue(); } else { // we parse the string in case this is NOT an integer return Integer.parseInt(value.toString()); } } public static Integer toInteger(Object value) { if (value == null) { return null; } else if (value instanceof Integer) { return (Integer) value; } else if (value instanceof Number) { return ((Number) value).intValue(); } else { // we parse the string in case this is NOT an integer return Integer.valueOf(value.toString()); } } }