how to convert between degrees, minutes, seconds to Decimal coordinates

Question

Looking for a java utility. It is even better if you can tell me how to do it using geotools library.

Answer 1

**begin  23°26’49”**
degrees = 23
minutes = 26
seconds = 49
decimal = ((minutes * 60)+seconds) / (60*60))
answer = degrees + decimal
**finish  23.44694444**