/*
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* Copyright (C) 2006 EsperTech, Inc. All rights reserved. *
* http://www.espertech.com/esper *
* http://www.espertech.com *
* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
* The software in this package is published under the terms of the GPL license *
* a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the license.txt file. *
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*/
package com.espertech.esper.util;
import java.math.BigInteger;
/**
* Interface for number coercion resulting in BigInteger.
*/
public interface SimpleNumberBigIntegerCoercer {
/**
* Widen the number to BigInteger, if widening is required.
*
* @param numToCoerce number to widen
* @return widened number
*/
public BigInteger coerceBoxedBigInt(Number numToCoerce);
}