Now you can do stuff like this: IsoValue<Date> v = message.getField(7); BigDecimal amount = message.getObjectValue(4); No need to cast. Having generified IsoValue is now useful. git-svn-id: https://j8583.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/j8583/j8583@91 db60a039-f72e-0410-b1d2-baa000846441