The easiest way to convert from a long to a String in Java is to add the long to an empty set of double quotes with the plus operator. The best solution, as is often the case, is the simplest solution ...

The Desire for Switching on Strings There is no question that some fellow Java developers are excited about the ability to switch on Strings. Two recent Java.net polls demonstrated this interest ...

Each of these methods return a whole number that fits within the range of a long in Java. You can use them to convert a String to a long. The following example uses the Integer wrapper class’ parse ...