Java Utililty Methods Type Coerce

List of utility methods to do Type Coerce

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The list of methods to do Type Coerce are organized into topic(s).

Method

IntegercoerceTagValueInt(String tag, Object val)
coerce Tag Value Int 
if (val == null)
    return null;
if (val instanceof Integer) {
    return (Integer) val;
if (!(val instanceof Number)) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Value for tag " + tag + " is not Number: " + val.getClass());
final long longVal = ((Number) val).longValue();
if (longVal < Integer.MIN_VALUE || longVal > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Value for tag " + tag + " is not in Integer range: " + longVal);
return (int) longVal;
doublecoerceToDouble(Object o)
coerce To Double 
if (o instanceof Number) {
    return ((Number) o).doubleValue();
} else {
    try {
        return Double.parseDouble(o.toString());
    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
        return Double.NaN;
StringcoerceToEntrySize(String s)
Coerces a String into a Doom-standard 8-character format. 
return coerceToEntry(s).trim();
StringcoerceToString(Object object)
coerce To String 
return coerceToString(object, null);
TcoerceToType(Object objectIn, Class clazz)
coerce To Type 
return coerceToType(objectIn, clazz, null);
ObjectcoerceTypes(Class clazz, Object value)
Coerce numeric types when mapping properties from nodes to entities. 
if (clazz.isPrimitive() && value == null) {
    return defaultForPrimitive(clazz, value);
if (value != null) {
    String className = clazz.getName();
    if ("int".equals(className) || Integer.class.equals(clazz)) {
        if (value.getClass().equals(Long.class)) {
            Long longValue = (Long) value;
...
ObjectcoerceTypes(Class clazz, Object value)
Coerce numeric types when mapping properties from nodes to entities. 
if (clazz.isPrimitive() && value == null) {
    return defaultForPrimitive(clazz, value);
if (value != null) {
    String className = clazz.getName();
    if ("int".equals(className) || Integer.class.equals(clazz)) {
        if (value.getClass().equals(Long.class)) {
            Long longValue = (Long) value;
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