Here you can find the source of toLong(Object value)
public static Long toLong(Object value)
//package com.java2s; /*/* w w w .j a v a 2 s . c om*/ * Copyright 2010-2011 the original author or authors. * * 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 Long toLong(Object value) { return toLong(value, 0L); } public static Long toLong(Object value, Long defaultValue) { if (value instanceof Number) { return ((Number) value).longValue(); } else { try { return Long.parseLong(String.valueOf(value)); } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) { return defaultValue; } } } }