@@ -433,10 +433,30 @@
 	 * would create a real copy each time -[copy] is called.
 	 */
 	ret->isa = [OFString class];
 	return ret;
 }
+
+- (intmax_t)decimalValue
+{
+	return [[self stringValue] decimalValue];
+}
+
+- (uintmax_t)hexadecimalValue
+{
+	return [[self stringValue] hexadecimalValue];
+}
+
+- (float)floatValue
+{
+	return [[self stringValue] floatValue];
+}
+
+- (double)doubleValue
+{
+	return [[self stringValue] doubleValue];
+}
 
 - (OFString*)_XMLStringWithParent: (OFXMLElement*)parent
 		      indentation: (unsigned int)indentation
 			    level: (size_t)level
 {