Here you can find the source of convertString(String value, Class
public static <T> T convertString(String value, Class<T> type)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w ww.ja v a2s . c om * #%L * Cytoscape Core Task Impl (core-task-impl) * $Id:$ * $HeadURL:$ * %% * Copyright (C) 2006 - 2013 The Cytoscape Consortium * %% * This program 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 2.1 of the * License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program 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 General Lesser Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Lesser Public * License along with this program. If not, see * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>. * #L% */ public class Main { public static <T> T convertString(String value, Class<T> type) { if (type.equals(Long.class)) return (T) Long.valueOf(value); if (type.equals(Double.class)) return (T) Double.valueOf(value); if (type.equals(Integer.class)) return (T) Integer.valueOf(value); if (type.equals(Boolean.class)) return (T) Boolean.valueOf(value); if (type.equals(String.class)) return (T) value; return null; } }