NumberUtils.createNumber(final String str) Precision will be lost

try {
            if(numDecimals <= 7){// If number has 7 or fewer digits past the decimal point then make it a float
                final Float f = createFloat(str);
                if (!(f.isInfinite() || (f.floatValue() == 0.0F && !allZeros))) {
                    return f;
                }
            }
        } catch (final NumberFormatException nfe) { // NOPMD
            // ignore the bad number
        }
        try {
            if(numDecimals <= 16){// If number has between 8 and 16 digits past the decimal point then make it a double
                final Double d = createDouble(str);
                if (!(d.isInfinite() || (d.doubleValue() == 0.0D && !allZeros))) {
                    return d;
                }
            }
        } catch (final NumberFormatException nfe) { // NOPMD
            // ignore the bad number
        }

        return createBigDecimal(str);
    }