Here you can find the source of multiply(V1 value1, V2 value2)
public static <V1, V2> Object multiply(V1 value1, V2 value2)
//package com.java2s; /**/*from www . java2 s.c o m*/ * 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 <V1, V2> Object multiply(V1 value1, V2 value2) { Object ret = null; if (null == value1 && null == value2) { ret = 0; } else if (null == value1) { ret = value2; } else if (null == value2) { ret = value1; } else { if (value1 instanceof Integer) { if (value2 instanceof Integer) { ret = (Integer) value1 * (Integer) value2; } else if (value2 instanceof Long) { ret = (Integer) value1 * (Long) value2; } else if (value2 instanceof Float) { ret = (Integer) value1 * (Float) value2; } else if (value2 instanceof Double) { ret = (Integer) value1 * (Double) value2; } else { ret = 0; } } else if (value1 instanceof Long) { if (value2 instanceof Integer) { ret = (Long) value1 * (Integer) value2; } else if (value2 instanceof Long) { ret = (Long) value1 * (Long) value2; } else if (value2 instanceof Float) { ret = (Long) value1 * (Float) value2; } else if (value2 instanceof Double) { ret = (Long) value1 * (Double) value2; } else { ret = 0L; } } else if (value1 instanceof Float) { if (value2 instanceof Integer) { ret = (Float) value1 * (Integer) value2; } else if (value2 instanceof Long) { ret = (Float) value1 * (Long) value2; } else if (value2 instanceof Float) { ret = (Float) value1 * (Float) value2; } else if (value2 instanceof Double) { ret = (Float) value1 * (Double) value2; } else { ret = 0.0f; } } else if (value1 instanceof Double) { if (value2 instanceof Integer) { ret = (Double) value1 * (Integer) value2; } else if (value2 instanceof Long) { ret = (Double) value1 * (Long) value2; } else if (value2 instanceof Float) { ret = (Double) value1 * (Float) value2; } else if (value2 instanceof Double) { ret = (Double) value1 * (Double) value2; } else { ret = 0.0d; } } else { return 0; } } return ret; } }