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

@@ -924,8 +924,47 @@
         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;
 }