XSDecimal (Smooks 2.0.0-RC4 API)

```
public interface XSDecimal
```
Interface to expose the value of 'decimal' and related datatypes.

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Naela Nissar, IBM

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`BigDecimal`	`getBigDecimal()`
`BigInteger`	`getBigInteger()`
`byte`	`getByte()`
`int`	`getInt()`
`long`	`getLong()`
`short`	`getShort()`

- Method Detail
  - getBigDecimal
```
BigDecimal getBigDecimal()
```
    Returns:
    
    the BigDecimal representation of this object
  - getBigInteger
```
BigInteger getBigInteger()
                  throws NumberFormatException
```
    Returns:
    
    the BigInteger representation of this object
    
    Throws:
    
    NumberFormatException - if the value cannot be represented as a BigInteger
  - getLong
```
long getLong()
      throws NumberFormatException
```
    Returns:
    
    the long value representation of this object
    
    Throws:
    
    NumberFormatException - if the value cannot be represented as a long
  - getInt
```
int getInt()
    throws NumberFormatException
```
    Returns:
    
    the int value representation of this object
    
    Throws:
    
    NumberFormatException - if the value cannot be represented as a int
  - getShort
```
short getShort()
        throws NumberFormatException
```
    Returns:
    
    the short value representation of this object
    
    Throws:
    
    NumberFormatException - if the value cannot be represented as a short
  - getByte
```
byte getByte()
      throws NumberFormatException
```
    Returns:
    
    the byte value representation of this object
    
    Throws:
    
    NumberFormatException - if the value cannot be represented as a byte