How to do Cursor.getNUMERIC() in android?

According to Sqlite document NUMERIC type could end up being stored as TEXT, INTEGER or REAL depending on the value.

On the other hand android's Cursor class provides all sort of getInt, getFloat and getString but it lacks anything like a getNumeric method.

Now what would be the safest way of extracting NUMERIC values in android? Should one try getType first and then use an appropriate get method or there is a better way?