Index: src/OFDate.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFDate.m
+++ src/OFDate.m
@@ -267,13 +267,12 @@
 
 		if (secondsElement == nil || microsecondsElement == nil)
 			@throw [OFInvalidArgumentException newWithClass: isa
 							       selector: _cmd];
 
-		seconds = (int64_t)[[secondsElement stringValue] decimalValue];
-		microseconds =
-		    (uint32_t)[[microsecondsElement stringValue] decimalValue];
+		seconds = (int64_t)[secondsElement decimalValue];
+		microseconds = (uint32_t)[microsecondsElement decimalValue];
 
 		[pool release];
 	} @catch (id e) {
 		[self release];
 		@throw e;

Index: src/OFNumber.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFNumber.m
+++ src/OFNumber.m
@@ -740,14 +740,14 @@
 			/*
 			 * FIXME: This will fail if the value is bigger than
 			 *	  INTMAX_MAX!
 			 */
 			type = OF_NUMBER_UINTMAX;
-			value.uintmax = [[element stringValue] decimalValue];
+			value.uintmax = [element decimalValue];
 		} else if ([typeString isEqual: @"signed"]) {
 			type = OF_NUMBER_INTMAX;
-			value.intmax = [[element stringValue] decimalValue];
+			value.intmax = [element decimalValue];
 		} else if ([typeString isEqual: @"float"]) {
 			union {
 				float f;
 				uint32_t i;
 			} f;

Index: src/OFXMLAttribute.h
==================================================================
--- src/OFXMLAttribute.h
+++ src/OFXMLAttribute.h
@@ -70,6 +70,26 @@
 
 /**
  * \return The string value of the attribute as an autoreleased OFString
  */
 - (OFString*)stringValue;
+
+/**
+ * \return An integer with the decimal value of the attribute
+ */
+- (intmax_t)decimalValue;
+
+/**
+ * \return An integer with the hexadecimal value of the attribute
+ */
+- (uintmax_t)hexadecimalValue;
+
+/**
+ * \return A float with the float value of the attribute
+ */
+- (float)floatValue;
+
+/**
+ * \return A double with the double value of the attribute
+ */
+- (double)doubleValue;
 @end

Index: src/OFXMLAttribute.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFXMLAttribute.m
+++ src/OFXMLAttribute.m
@@ -108,10 +108,30 @@
 
 - (OFString*)stringValue
 {
 	return [[stringValue copy] autorelease];
 }
+
+- (intmax_t)decimalValue
+{
+	return [stringValue decimalValue];
+}
+
+- (uintmax_t)hexadecimalValue
+{
+	return [stringValue hexadecimalValue];
+}
+
+- (float)floatValue
+{
+	return [stringValue floatValue];
+}
+
+- (double)doubleValue
+{
+	return [stringValue doubleValue];
+}
 
 - (BOOL)isEqual: (id)object
 {
 	OFXMLAttribute *otherAttribute;