// parseInt blows up on overflow as opposed to intValue() which does not.
    return Long.parseLong(bigMean.toString());
  }

  private static boolean fitsInLong(BigInteger big) {
    return big.bitLength() <= 63;
  }

  private static final BigInteger MAX_LONG = BigInteger.valueOf(Long.MAX_VALUE);
  private static final BigInteger MIN_LONG = BigInteger.valueOf(Long.MIN_VALUE);

    // parseInt blows up on overflow as opposed to intValue() which does not.
    return Long.parseLong(bigMean.toString());
  }

  private static boolean fitsInLong(BigInteger big) {
    return big.bitLength() <= 63;
  }

  private static final BigInteger MAX_LONG = BigInteger.valueOf(Long.MAX_VALUE);
  private static final BigInteger MIN_LONG = BigInteger.valueOf(Long.MIN_VALUE);