Here you can find the source of substract(Number n1, Number n2)
public static Number substract(Number n1, Number n2)
//package com.java2s; /*/* ww w . j a v a2 s . co m*/ * This file is part of FFMQ. * * FFMQ is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * FFMQ is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with FFMQ; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ public class Main { /** * Substract two numbers */ public static Number substract(Number n1, Number n2) { Class<?> type = getComputationType(n1, n2); Number val1 = convertTo(n1, type); Number val2 = convertTo(n2, type); if (type == Long.class) return Long.valueOf(val1.longValue() - val2.longValue()); return new Double(val1.doubleValue() - val2.doubleValue()); } private static Class<?> getComputationType(Number n1, Number n2) { Class<?> type1 = n1.getClass(); Class<?> type2 = n2.getClass(); if (isIntegerType(type1) && isIntegerType(type2)) return Long.class; else return Double.class; } private static Number convertTo(Number n, Class<?> type) { Class<?> baseType = n.getClass(); if (baseType == type) return n; if (type == Long.class) return Long.valueOf(n.longValue()); return new Double(n.doubleValue()); } private static boolean isIntegerType(Class<?> type) { return type == Byte.class || type == Short.class || type == Integer.class || type == Long.class; } }