src/share/classes/java/lang/Float.java

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          return (thisBits == anotherBits ?  0 : // Values are equal
                  (thisBits < anotherBits ? -1 : // (-0.0, 0.0) or (!NaN, NaN)
                   1));                          // (0.0, -0.0) or (NaN, !NaN)
      }
  
+     /**
+      * Adds two {@code float} values together as per the + operator.
+      *
+      * @param a the first operand
+      * @param b the second operand
+      * @return the sum of {@code a} and {@code b}
+      * @see java.util.function.BinaryOperator
+      * @since 1.8
+      */
+     public static float sum(float a, float b) {
+         return a + b;
+     }
+ 
+     /**
+      * Returns the greater of two {@code float} values.
+      *
+      * @param a the first operand
+      * @param b the second operand
+      * @return the larger of {@code a} and {@code b}
+      * @see java.util.function.BinaryOperator
+      * @since 1.8
+      */
+     public static float max(float a, float b) {
+         return Math.max(a, b);
+     }
+ 
+     /**
+      * Returns the lesser of two {@code float} values.
+      *
+      * @param a the first operand
+      * @param b the second operand
+      * @return the lesser of {@code a} and {@code b}
+      * @see java.util.function.BinaryOperator
+      * @since 1.8
+      */
+     public static float min(float a, float b) {
+         return Math.min(a, b);
+     }
+ 
      /** use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.0.2 for interoperability */
      private static final long serialVersionUID = -2671257302660747028L;
  }