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 package org.apache.el.lang;

 import java.beans.PropertyEditor;
 import java.beans.PropertyEditorManager;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;

 import javax.el.ELException;

 import org.apache.el.util.MessageFactory;


 /**
  * A helper class that implements the EL Specification
  *
  * @author Jacob Hookom [jacob@hookom.net]
  * @version $Id: ELSupport.java,v 1.1 2011/06/28 21:14:17 rherrmann Exp $
  */
 public class ELSupport {

     private static final Long ZERO = Long.valueOf(0L);

     /**
      * Compare two objects, after coercing to the same type if appropriate.
      *
      * If the objects are identical, or they are equal according to
      * {@link #equals(Object, Object)} then return 0.
      *
      * If either object is a BigDecimal, then coerce both to BigDecimal first.
      * Similarly for Double(Float), BigInteger, and Long(Integer, Char, Short, Byte).
      *
      * Otherwise, check that the first object is an instance of Comparable, and compare
      * against the second object. If that is null, return 1, otherwise
      * return the result of comparing against the second object.
      *
      * Similarly, if the second object is Comparable, if the first is null, return -1,
      * else return the result of comparing against the first object.
      *
      * A null object is considered as:
      * <ul>
      * <li>ZERO when compared with Numbers</li>
      * <li>the empty string for String compares</li>
      * <li>Otherwise null is considered to be lower than anything else.</li>
      * </ul>
      *
      * @param obj0 first object
      * @param obj1 second object
      * @return -1, 0, or 1 if this object is less than, equal to, or greater than val.
      * @throws ELException if neither object is Comparable
      * @throws ClassCastException if the objects are not mutually comparable
      */
     public static final int compare(final Object obj0, final Object obj1)
             throws ELException {
         if (obj0 == obj1 || equals(obj0, obj1)) {
             return 0;
         }
         if (isBigDecimalOp(obj0, obj1)) {
             BigDecimal bd0 = (BigDecimal) coerceToNumber(obj0, BigDecimal.class);
             BigDecimal bd1 = (BigDecimal) coerceToNumber(obj1, BigDecimal.class);
             return bd0.compareTo(bd1);
         }
         if (isDoubleOp(obj0, obj1)) {
             Double d0 = (Double) coerceToNumber(obj0, Double.class);
             Double d1 = (Double) coerceToNumber(obj1, Double.class);
             return d0.compareTo(d1);
         }
         if (isBigIntegerOp(obj0, obj1)) {
             BigInteger bi0 = (BigInteger) coerceToNumber(obj0, BigInteger.class);
             BigInteger bi1 = (BigInteger) coerceToNumber(obj1, BigInteger.class);
             return bi0.compareTo(bi1);
         }
         if (isLongOp(obj0, obj1)) {
             Long l0 = (Long) coerceToNumber(obj0, Long.class);
             Long l1 = (Long) coerceToNumber(obj1, Long.class);
             return l0.compareTo(l1);
         }
         if (obj0 instanceof String || obj1 instanceof String) {
             return coerceToString(obj0).compareTo(coerceToString(obj1));
         }
         if (obj0 instanceof Comparable<?>) {
             @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // checked above
             final Comparable<Object> comparable = (Comparable<Object>) obj0;
             return (obj1 != null) ? comparable.compareTo(obj1) : 1;
         }
         if (obj1 instanceof Comparable<?>) {
             @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // checked above
             final Comparable<Object> comparable = (Comparable<Object>) obj1;
             return (obj0 != null) ? -comparable.compareTo(obj0) : -1;
         }
         throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.compare", obj0, obj1));
     }

     /**
      * Compare two objects for equality, after coercing to the same type if appropriate.
      *
      * If the objects are identical (including both null) return true.
      * If either object is null, return false.
      * If either object is Boolean, coerce both to Boolean and check equality.
      * Similarly for Enum, String, BigDecimal, Double(Float), Long(Integer, Short, Byte, Character)
      * Otherwise default to using Object.equals().
      *
      * @param obj0 the first object
      * @param obj1 the second object
      * @return true if the objects are equal
      * @throws ELException
      */
     public static final boolean equals(final Object obj0, final Object obj1)
             throws ELException {
         if (obj0 == obj1) {
             return true;
         } else if (obj0 == null || obj1 == null) {
             return false;
         } else if (obj0 instanceof Boolean || obj1 instanceof Boolean) {
             return coerceToBoolean(obj0).equals(coerceToBoolean(obj1));
         } else if (obj0.getClass().isEnum()) {
             return obj0.equals(coerceToEnum(obj1, obj0.getClass()));
         } else if (obj1.getClass().isEnum()) {
             return obj1.equals(coerceToEnum(obj0, obj1.getClass()));
         } else if (obj0 instanceof String || obj1 instanceof String) {
             int lexCompare = coerceToString(obj0).compareTo(coerceToString(obj1));
             return (lexCompare == 0) ? true : false;
         }
         if (isBigDecimalOp(obj0, obj1)) {
             BigDecimal bd0 = (BigDecimal) coerceToNumber(obj0, BigDecimal.class);
             BigDecimal bd1 = (BigDecimal) coerceToNumber(obj1, BigDecimal.class);
             return bd0.equals(bd1);
         }
         if (isDoubleOp(obj0, obj1)) {
             Double d0 = (Double) coerceToNumber(obj0, Double.class);
             Double d1 = (Double) coerceToNumber(obj1, Double.class);
             return d0.equals(d1);
         }
         if (isBigIntegerOp(obj0, obj1)) {
             BigInteger bi0 = (BigInteger) coerceToNumber(obj0, BigInteger.class);
             BigInteger bi1 = (BigInteger) coerceToNumber(obj1, BigInteger.class);
             return bi0.equals(bi1);
         }
         if (isLongOp(obj0, obj1)) {
             Long l0 = (Long) coerceToNumber(obj0, Long.class);
             Long l1 = (Long) coerceToNumber(obj1, Long.class);
             return l0.equals(l1);
         } else {
             return obj0.equals(obj1);
         }
     }

     // Going to have to have some casts /raw types somewhere so doing it here
     // keeps them all in one place. There might be a neater / better solution
     // but I couldn't find it
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public static final Enum<?> coerceToEnum(final Object obj,
             @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") Class type) {
         if (obj == null || "".equals(obj)) {
             return null;
         }
         if (type.isAssignableFrom(obj.getClass())) {
             return (Enum<?>) obj;
         }

         if (!(obj instanceof String)) {
             throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
                     obj, obj.getClass(), type));
         }

         Enum<?> result;
         try {
              result = Enum.valueOf(type, (String) obj);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
             throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
                     obj, obj.getClass(), type));
         }
         return result;
     }

     /**
      * Convert an object to Boolean.
      * Null and empty string are false.
      * @param obj the object to convert
      * @return the Boolean value of the object
      * @throws ELException if object is not Boolean or String
      */
     public static final Boolean coerceToBoolean(final Object obj)
             throws ELException {
         if (obj == null || "".equals(obj)) {
             return Boolean.FALSE;
         }
         if (obj instanceof Boolean) {
             return (Boolean) obj;
         }
         if (obj instanceof String) {
             return Boolean.valueOf((String) obj);
         }

         throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
                 obj, obj.getClass(), Boolean.class));
     }

     public static final Character coerceToCharacter(final Object obj)
             throws ELException {
         if (obj == null || "".equals(obj)) {
             return Character.valueOf((char) 0);
         }
         if (obj instanceof String) {
             return Character.valueOf(((String) obj).charAt(0));
         }
         if (ELArithmetic.isNumber(obj)) {
             return Character.valueOf((char) ((Number) obj).shortValue());
         }
         Class<?> objType = obj.getClass();
         if (obj instanceof Character) {
             return (Character) obj;
         }

         throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
                 obj, objType, Character.class));
     }

     protected static final Number coerceToNumber(final Number number,
             final Class<?> type) throws ELException {
         if (Long.TYPE == type || Long.class.equals(type)) {
             return Long.valueOf(number.longValue());
         }
         if (Double.TYPE == type || Double.class.equals(type)) {
             return new Double(number.doubleValue());
         }
         if (Integer.TYPE == type || Integer.class.equals(type)) {
             return Integer.valueOf(number.intValue());
         }
         if (BigInteger.class.equals(type)) {
             if (number instanceof BigDecimal) {
                 return ((BigDecimal) number).toBigInteger();
             }
             if (number instanceof BigInteger) {
                 return number;
             }
             return BigInteger.valueOf(number.longValue());
         }
         if (BigDecimal.class.equals(type)) {
             if (number instanceof BigDecimal) {
                 return number;
             }
             if (number instanceof BigInteger) {
                 return new BigDecimal((BigInteger) number);
             }
             return new BigDecimal(number.doubleValue());
         }
         if (Byte.TYPE == type || Byte.class.equals(type)) {
             return Byte.valueOf(number.byteValue());
         }
         if (Short.TYPE == type || Short.class.equals(type)) {
             return Short.valueOf(number.shortValue());
         }
         if (Float.TYPE == type || Float.class.equals(type)) {
             return new Float(number.floatValue());
         }
         if (Number.class.equals(type)) {
             return number;
         }

         throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
                 number, number.getClass(), type));
     }

     public static final Number coerceToNumber(final Object obj,
             final Class<?> type) throws ELException {
         if (obj == null || "".equals(obj)) {
             return coerceToNumber(ZERO, type);
         }
         if (obj instanceof String) {
             return coerceToNumber((String) obj, type);
         }
         if (ELArithmetic.isNumber(obj)) {
             return coerceToNumber((Number) obj, type);
         }

         if (obj instanceof Character) {
             return coerceToNumber(Short.valueOf((short) ((Character) obj)
                     .charValue()), type);
         }

         throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
                 obj, obj.getClass(), type));
     }

     protected static final Number coerceToNumber(final String val,
             final Class<?> type) throws ELException {
         if (Long.TYPE == type || Long.class.equals(type)) {
             try {
                 return Long.valueOf(val);
             } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
                 throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
                         val, String.class, type));
             }
         }
         if (Integer.TYPE == type || Integer.class.equals(type)) {
             try {
                 return Integer.valueOf(val);
             } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
                 throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
                         val, String.class, type));
             }
         }
         if (Double.TYPE == type || Double.class.equals(type)) {
             try {
                 return Double.valueOf(val);
             } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
                 throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
                         val, String.class, type));
             }
         }
         if (BigInteger.class.equals(type)) {
             try {
                 return new BigInteger(val);
             } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
                 throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
                         val, String.class, type));
             }
         }
         if (BigDecimal.class.equals(type)) {
             try {
                 return new BigDecimal(val);
             } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
                 throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
                         val, String.class, type));
             }
         }
         if (Byte.TYPE == type || Byte.class.equals(type)) {
             try {
                 return Byte.valueOf(val);
             } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
                 throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
                         val, String.class, type));
             }
         }
         if (Short.TYPE == type || Short.class.equals(type)) {
             try {
                 return Short.valueOf(val);
             } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
                 throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
                         val, String.class, type));
             }
         }
         if (Float.TYPE == type || Float.class.equals(type)) {
             try {
                 return Float.valueOf(val);
             } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
                 throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
                         val, String.class, type));
             }
         }

         throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
                 val, String.class, type));
     }

     /**
      * Coerce an object to a string
      * @param obj
      * @return the String value of the object
      */
     public static final String coerceToString(final Object obj) {
         if (obj == null) {
             return "";
         } else if (obj instanceof String) {
             return (String) obj;
         } else if (obj instanceof Enum<?>) {
             return ((Enum<?>) obj).name();
         } else {
             return obj.toString();
         }
     }

     public static final Object coerceToType(final Object obj,
             final Class<?> type) throws ELException {
         if (type == null || Object.class.equals(type) ||
                 (obj != null && type.isAssignableFrom(obj.getClass()))) {
             return obj;
         }
         if (String.class.equals(type)) {
             return coerceToString(obj);
         }
         if (ELArithmetic.isNumberType(type)) {
             return coerceToNumber(obj, type);
         }
         if (Character.class.equals(type) || Character.TYPE == type) {
             return coerceToCharacter(obj);
         }
         if (Boolean.class.equals(type) || Boolean.TYPE == type) {
             return coerceToBoolean(obj);
         }
         if (type.isEnum()) {
             return coerceToEnum(obj, type);
         }

         // new to spec
         if (obj == null)
             return null;
         if (obj instanceof String) {
             if ("".equals(obj))
                 return null;
             PropertyEditor editor = PropertyEditorManager.findEditor(type);
             if (editor != null) {
                 editor.setAsText((String) obj);
                 return editor.getValue();
             }
         }
         throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
                 obj, obj.getClass(), type));
     }

     public static final boolean isBigDecimalOp(final Object obj0,
             final Object obj1) {
         return (obj0 instanceof BigDecimal || obj1 instanceof BigDecimal);
     }

     public static final boolean isBigIntegerOp(final Object obj0,
             final Object obj1) {
         return (obj0 instanceof BigInteger || obj1 instanceof BigInteger);
     }

     public static final boolean isDoubleOp(final Object obj0, final Object obj1) {
         return (obj0 instanceof Double
                 || obj1 instanceof Double
                 || obj0 instanceof Float
                 || obj1 instanceof Float);
     }

     public static final boolean isLongOp(final Object obj0, final Object obj1) {
         return (obj0 instanceof Long
                 || obj1 instanceof Long
                 || obj0 instanceof Integer
                 || obj1 instanceof Integer
                 || obj0 instanceof Character
                 || obj1 instanceof Character
                 || obj0 instanceof Short
                 || obj1 instanceof Short
                 || obj0 instanceof Byte
                 || obj1 instanceof Byte);
     }

     public static final boolean isStringFloat(final String str) {
         int len = str.length();
         if (len > 1) {
             for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
                 switch (str.charAt(i)) {
                 case 'E':
                     return true;
                 case 'e':
                     return true;
                 case '.':
                     return true;
                 }
             }
         }
         return false;
     }

     /**
      *
      */
     public ELSupport() {
         super();
     }

 }
	/*
	* 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.
	*/

	package org.apache.el.lang;

	import java.beans.PropertyEditor;
	import java.beans.PropertyEditorManager;
	import java.math.BigDecimal;
	import java.math.BigInteger;

	import javax.el.ELException;

	import org.apache.el.util.MessageFactory;


	/**
	* A helper class that implements the EL Specification
	*
	* @author Jacob Hookom [jacob@hookom.net]
	* @version $Id: ELSupport.java,v 1.1 2011/06/28 21:14:17 rherrmann Exp $
	*/
	public class ELSupport {

	private static final Long ZERO = Long.valueOf(0L);

	/**
	* Compare two objects, after coercing to the same type if appropriate.
	*
	* If the objects are identical, or they are equal according to
	* {@link #equals(Object, Object)} then return 0.
	*
	* If either object is a BigDecimal, then coerce both to BigDecimal first.
	* Similarly for Double(Float), BigInteger, and Long(Integer, Char, Short, Byte).
	*
	* Otherwise, check that the first object is an instance of Comparable, and compare
	* against the second object. If that is null, return 1, otherwise
	* return the result of comparing against the second object.
	*
	* Similarly, if the second object is Comparable, if the first is null, return -1,
	* else return the result of comparing against the first object.
	*
	* A null object is considered as:
	* <ul>
	* <li>ZERO when compared with Numbers</li>
	* <li>the empty string for String compares</li>
	* <li>Otherwise null is considered to be lower than anything else.</li>
	* </ul>
	*
	* @param obj0 first object
	* @param obj1 second object
	* @return -1, 0, or 1 if this object is less than, equal to, or greater than val.
	* @throws ELException if neither object is Comparable
	* @throws ClassCastException if the objects are not mutually comparable
	*/
	public static final int compare(final Object obj0, final Object obj1)
	throws ELException {
	if (obj0 == obj1 \|\| equals(obj0, obj1)) {
	return 0;
	}
	if (isBigDecimalOp(obj0, obj1)) {
	BigDecimal bd0 = (BigDecimal) coerceToNumber(obj0, BigDecimal.class);
	BigDecimal bd1 = (BigDecimal) coerceToNumber(obj1, BigDecimal.class);
	return bd0.compareTo(bd1);
	}
	if (isDoubleOp(obj0, obj1)) {
	Double d0 = (Double) coerceToNumber(obj0, Double.class);
	Double d1 = (Double) coerceToNumber(obj1, Double.class);
	return d0.compareTo(d1);
	}
	if (isBigIntegerOp(obj0, obj1)) {
	BigInteger bi0 = (BigInteger) coerceToNumber(obj0, BigInteger.class);
	BigInteger bi1 = (BigInteger) coerceToNumber(obj1, BigInteger.class);
	return bi0.compareTo(bi1);
	}
	if (isLongOp(obj0, obj1)) {
	Long l0 = (Long) coerceToNumber(obj0, Long.class);
	Long l1 = (Long) coerceToNumber(obj1, Long.class);
	return l0.compareTo(l1);
	}
	if (obj0 instanceof String \|\| obj1 instanceof String) {
	return coerceToString(obj0).compareTo(coerceToString(obj1));
	}
	if (obj0 instanceof Comparable<?>) {
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // checked above
	final Comparable<Object> comparable = (Comparable<Object>) obj0;
	return (obj1 != null) ? comparable.compareTo(obj1) : 1;
	}
	if (obj1 instanceof Comparable<?>) {
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // checked above
	final Comparable<Object> comparable = (Comparable<Object>) obj1;
	return (obj0 != null) ? -comparable.compareTo(obj0) : -1;
	}
	throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.compare", obj0, obj1));
	}

	/**
	* Compare two objects for equality, after coercing to the same type if appropriate.
	*
	* If the objects are identical (including both null) return true.
	* If either object is null, return false.
	* If either object is Boolean, coerce both to Boolean and check equality.
	* Similarly for Enum, String, BigDecimal, Double(Float), Long(Integer, Short, Byte, Character)
	* Otherwise default to using Object.equals().
	*
	* @param obj0 the first object
	* @param obj1 the second object
	* @return true if the objects are equal
	* @throws ELException
	*/
	public static final boolean equals(final Object obj0, final Object obj1)
	throws ELException {
	if (obj0 == obj1) {
	return true;
	} else if (obj0 == null \|\| obj1 == null) {
	return false;
	} else if (obj0 instanceof Boolean \|\| obj1 instanceof Boolean) {
	return coerceToBoolean(obj0).equals(coerceToBoolean(obj1));
	} else if (obj0.getClass().isEnum()) {
	return obj0.equals(coerceToEnum(obj1, obj0.getClass()));
	} else if (obj1.getClass().isEnum()) {
	return obj1.equals(coerceToEnum(obj0, obj1.getClass()));
	} else if (obj0 instanceof String \|\| obj1 instanceof String) {
	int lexCompare = coerceToString(obj0).compareTo(coerceToString(obj1));
	return (lexCompare == 0) ? true : false;
	}
	if (isBigDecimalOp(obj0, obj1)) {
	BigDecimal bd0 = (BigDecimal) coerceToNumber(obj0, BigDecimal.class);
	BigDecimal bd1 = (BigDecimal) coerceToNumber(obj1, BigDecimal.class);
	return bd0.equals(bd1);
	}
	if (isDoubleOp(obj0, obj1)) {
	Double d0 = (Double) coerceToNumber(obj0, Double.class);
	Double d1 = (Double) coerceToNumber(obj1, Double.class);
	return d0.equals(d1);
	}
	if (isBigIntegerOp(obj0, obj1)) {
	BigInteger bi0 = (BigInteger) coerceToNumber(obj0, BigInteger.class);
	BigInteger bi1 = (BigInteger) coerceToNumber(obj1, BigInteger.class);
	return bi0.equals(bi1);
	}
	if (isLongOp(obj0, obj1)) {
	Long l0 = (Long) coerceToNumber(obj0, Long.class);
	Long l1 = (Long) coerceToNumber(obj1, Long.class);
	return l0.equals(l1);
	} else {
	return obj0.equals(obj1);
	}
	}

	// Going to have to have some casts /raw types somewhere so doing it here
	// keeps them all in one place. There might be a neater / better solution
	// but I couldn't find it
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public static final Enum<?> coerceToEnum(final Object obj,
	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") Class type) {
	if (obj == null \|\| "".equals(obj)) {
	return null;
	}
	if (type.isAssignableFrom(obj.getClass())) {
	return (Enum<?>) obj;
	}

	if (!(obj instanceof String)) {
	throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
	obj, obj.getClass(), type));
	}

	Enum<?> result;
	try {
	result = Enum.valueOf(type, (String) obj);
	} catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
	throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
	obj, obj.getClass(), type));
	}
	return result;
	}

	/**
	* Convert an object to Boolean.
	* Null and empty string are false.
	* @param obj the object to convert
	* @return the Boolean value of the object
	* @throws ELException if object is not Boolean or String
	*/
	public static final Boolean coerceToBoolean(final Object obj)
	throws ELException {
	if (obj == null \|\| "".equals(obj)) {
	return Boolean.FALSE;
	}
	if (obj instanceof Boolean) {
	return (Boolean) obj;
	}
	if (obj instanceof String) {
	return Boolean.valueOf((String) obj);
	}

	throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
	obj, obj.getClass(), Boolean.class));
	}

	public static final Character coerceToCharacter(final Object obj)
	throws ELException {
	if (obj == null \|\| "".equals(obj)) {
	return Character.valueOf((char) 0);
	}
	if (obj instanceof String) {
	return Character.valueOf(((String) obj).charAt(0));
	}
	if (ELArithmetic.isNumber(obj)) {
	return Character.valueOf((char) ((Number) obj).shortValue());
	}
	Class<?> objType = obj.getClass();
	if (obj instanceof Character) {
	return (Character) obj;
	}

	throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
	obj, objType, Character.class));
	}

	protected static final Number coerceToNumber(final Number number,
	final Class<?> type) throws ELException {
	if (Long.TYPE == type \|\| Long.class.equals(type)) {
	return Long.valueOf(number.longValue());
	}
	if (Double.TYPE == type \|\| Double.class.equals(type)) {
	return new Double(number.doubleValue());
	}
	if (Integer.TYPE == type \|\| Integer.class.equals(type)) {
	return Integer.valueOf(number.intValue());
	}
	if (BigInteger.class.equals(type)) {
	if (number instanceof BigDecimal) {
	return ((BigDecimal) number).toBigInteger();
	}
	if (number instanceof BigInteger) {
	return number;
	}
	return BigInteger.valueOf(number.longValue());
	}
	if (BigDecimal.class.equals(type)) {
	if (number instanceof BigDecimal) {
	return number;
	}
	if (number instanceof BigInteger) {
	return new BigDecimal((BigInteger) number);
	}
	return new BigDecimal(number.doubleValue());
	}
	if (Byte.TYPE == type \|\| Byte.class.equals(type)) {
	return Byte.valueOf(number.byteValue());
	}
	if (Short.TYPE == type \|\| Short.class.equals(type)) {
	return Short.valueOf(number.shortValue());
	}
	if (Float.TYPE == type \|\| Float.class.equals(type)) {
	return new Float(number.floatValue());
	}
	if (Number.class.equals(type)) {
	return number;
	}

	throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
	number, number.getClass(), type));
	}

	public static final Number coerceToNumber(final Object obj,
	final Class<?> type) throws ELException {
	if (obj == null \|\| "".equals(obj)) {
	return coerceToNumber(ZERO, type);
	}
	if (obj instanceof String) {
	return coerceToNumber((String) obj, type);
	}
	if (ELArithmetic.isNumber(obj)) {
	return coerceToNumber((Number) obj, type);
	}

	if (obj instanceof Character) {
	return coerceToNumber(Short.valueOf((short) ((Character) obj)
	.charValue()), type);
	}

	throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
	obj, obj.getClass(), type));
	}

	protected static final Number coerceToNumber(final String val,
	final Class<?> type) throws ELException {
	if (Long.TYPE == type \|\| Long.class.equals(type)) {
	try {
	return Long.valueOf(val);
	} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
	throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
	val, String.class, type));
	}
	}
	if (Integer.TYPE == type \|\| Integer.class.equals(type)) {
	try {
	return Integer.valueOf(val);
	} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
	throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
	val, String.class, type));
	}
	}
	if (Double.TYPE == type \|\| Double.class.equals(type)) {
	try {
	return Double.valueOf(val);
	} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
	throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
	val, String.class, type));
	}
	}
	if (BigInteger.class.equals(type)) {
	try {
	return new BigInteger(val);
	} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
	throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
	val, String.class, type));
	}
	}
	if (BigDecimal.class.equals(type)) {
	try {
	return new BigDecimal(val);
	} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
	throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
	val, String.class, type));
	}
	}
	if (Byte.TYPE == type \|\| Byte.class.equals(type)) {
	try {
	return Byte.valueOf(val);
	} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
	throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
	val, String.class, type));
	}
	}
	if (Short.TYPE == type \|\| Short.class.equals(type)) {
	try {
	return Short.valueOf(val);
	} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
	throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
	val, String.class, type));
	}
	}
	if (Float.TYPE == type \|\| Float.class.equals(type)) {
	try {
	return Float.valueOf(val);
	} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
	throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
	val, String.class, type));
	}
	}

	throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
	val, String.class, type));
	}

	/**
	* Coerce an object to a string
	* @param obj
	* @return the String value of the object
	*/
	public static final String coerceToString(final Object obj) {
	if (obj == null) {
	return "";
	} else if (obj instanceof String) {
	return (String) obj;
	} else if (obj instanceof Enum<?>) {
	return ((Enum<?>) obj).name();
	} else {
	return obj.toString();
	}
	}

	public static final Object coerceToType(final Object obj,
	final Class<?> type) throws ELException {
	if (type == null \|\| Object.class.equals(type) \|\|
	(obj != null && type.isAssignableFrom(obj.getClass()))) {
	return obj;
	}
	if (String.class.equals(type)) {
	return coerceToString(obj);
	}
	if (ELArithmetic.isNumberType(type)) {
	return coerceToNumber(obj, type);
	}
	if (Character.class.equals(type) \|\| Character.TYPE == type) {
	return coerceToCharacter(obj);
	}
	if (Boolean.class.equals(type) \|\| Boolean.TYPE == type) {
	return coerceToBoolean(obj);
	}
	if (type.isEnum()) {
	return coerceToEnum(obj, type);
	}

	// new to spec
	if (obj == null)
	return null;
	if (obj instanceof String) {
	if ("".equals(obj))
	return null;
	PropertyEditor editor = PropertyEditorManager.findEditor(type);
	if (editor != null) {
	editor.setAsText((String) obj);
	return editor.getValue();
	}
	}
	throw new ELException(MessageFactory.get("error.convert",
	obj, obj.getClass(), type));
	}

	public static final boolean isBigDecimalOp(final Object obj0,
	final Object obj1) {
	return (obj0 instanceof BigDecimal \|\| obj1 instanceof BigDecimal);
	}

	public static final boolean isBigIntegerOp(final Object obj0,
	final Object obj1) {
	return (obj0 instanceof BigInteger \|\| obj1 instanceof BigInteger);
	}

	public static final boolean isDoubleOp(final Object obj0, final Object obj1) {
	return (obj0 instanceof Double
	\|\| obj1 instanceof Double
	\|\| obj0 instanceof Float
	\|\| obj1 instanceof Float);
	}

	public static final boolean isLongOp(final Object obj0, final Object obj1) {
	return (obj0 instanceof Long
	\|\| obj1 instanceof Long
	\|\| obj0 instanceof Integer
	\|\| obj1 instanceof Integer
	\|\| obj0 instanceof Character
	\|\| obj1 instanceof Character
	\|\| obj0 instanceof Short
	\|\| obj1 instanceof Short
	\|\| obj0 instanceof Byte
	\|\| obj1 instanceof Byte);
	}

	public static final boolean isStringFloat(final String str) {
	int len = str.length();
	if (len > 1) {
	for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
	switch (str.charAt(i)) {
	case 'E':
	return true;
	case 'e':
	return true;
	case '.':
	return true;
	}
	}
	}
	return false;
	}

	/**
	*
	*/
	public ELSupport() {
	super();
	}

	}