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public
abstract
class
Number
extends Object
implements
Serializable
| java.lang.Object | |
| ↳ | java.lang.Number |
The abstract class Number is the superclass of platform
classes representing numeric values that are convertible to the
primitive types byte, double, float, int, long, and short.
The specific semantics of the conversion from the numeric value of
a particular Number implementation to a given primitive
type is defined by the Number implementation in question.
For platform classes, the conversion is often analogous to a
narrowing primitive conversion or a widening primitive conversion
as defining in The Java™ Language Specification
for converting between primitive types. Therefore, conversions may
lose information about the overall magnitude of a numeric value, may
lose precision, and may even return a result of a different sign
than the input.
See the documentation of a given Number implementation for
conversion details.
Public constructors | |
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Number()
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Public methods | |
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byte
|
byteValue()
Returns the value of the specified number as a |
abstract
double
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doubleValue()
Returns the value of the specified number as a |
abstract
float
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floatValue()
Returns the value of the specified number as a |
abstract
int
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intValue()
Returns the value of the specified number as an |
abstract
long
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longValue()
Returns the value of the specified number as a |
short
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shortValue()
Returns the value of the specified number as a |
Inherited methods | |
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public Number ()
public byte byteValue ()
Returns the value of the specified number as a byte,
which may involve rounding or truncation.
This implementation returns the result of intValue() cast
to a byte.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
byte |
the numeric value represented by this object after conversion
to type byte. |
public abstract double doubleValue ()
Returns the value of the specified number as a double,
which may involve rounding.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
double |
the numeric value represented by this object after conversion
to type double. |
public abstract float floatValue ()
Returns the value of the specified number as a float,
which may involve rounding.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
float |
the numeric value represented by this object after conversion
to type float. |
public abstract int intValue ()
Returns the value of the specified number as an int,
which may involve rounding or truncation.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
int |
the numeric value represented by this object after conversion
to type int. |
public abstract long longValue ()
Returns the value of the specified number as a long,
which may involve rounding or truncation.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
long |
the numeric value represented by this object after conversion
to type long. |
public short shortValue ()
Returns the value of the specified number as a short,
which may involve rounding or truncation.
This implementation returns the result of intValue() cast
to a short.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
short |
the numeric value represented by this object after conversion
to type short. |