Here you can find the source of castingUtil(String value, Class classCasting)
public static Object castingUtil(String value, Class classCasting)
//package com.java2s; /*// www . ja va2s . com * Copyright 2014, Stratio. * * 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 Object castingUtil(String value, Class classCasting) { Object object = value; //Numeric if (Number.class.isAssignableFrom(classCasting)) { if (classCasting.isAssignableFrom(Double.class)) { return Double.valueOf(value); } else if (classCasting.isAssignableFrom(Long.class)) { return Long.valueOf(value); } else if (classCasting.isAssignableFrom(Float.class)) { return Float.valueOf(value); } else if (classCasting.isAssignableFrom(Integer.class)) { return Integer.valueOf(value); } else if (classCasting.isAssignableFrom(Short.class)) { return Short.valueOf(value); } else if (classCasting.isAssignableFrom(Byte.class)) { return Byte.valueOf(value); } } else if (String.class.isAssignableFrom(classCasting)) { return object.toString(); } //Class not recognise yet return null; } }