for (Annotation annotation : annotations) {
if (PodamLongValue.class.isAssignableFrom(annotation.getClass())) {
PodamLongValue longStrategy = (PodamLongValue) annotation;
String numValueStr = longStrategy.numValue();
if (null != numValueStr && !"".equals(numValueStr)) {
try {
retValue = Long.valueOf(numValueStr);
} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
String errMsg = THE_ANNOTATION_VALUE_STR