public long getLong(final String key) {
        Object foo = get(key);
        return ((Number) foo).longValue();
    }
public long getLong(final String key) {
        Object foo = get(key);
        return ((Number) foo).longValue();
    }
public long getLong ( final String key ) { Object foo = get ( key ) ; return ( ( Number ) foo ) . longValue ( ) ; }
Returns the value of a field as a {@code long}.

@param key the field to return
@return the field value
Returns the value of a field as a { @code long } .