Utilities.java

/**
     * @param str String with special caracters
     * @return double value of string
     */
    public static double toDouble(String str) {
        str = str.replaceAll("[^\\d]", "");
        if (str != null && str.length() > 0) {
            return Double.parseDouble(str) / 100;
        } else {
            return 0;
        }
    }