1 /* 2 * Copyright (c) 1994, 2001, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 3 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 4 * 5 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 6 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as 7 * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this 8 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided 9 * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. 10 * 11 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 12 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or 13 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License 14 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that 15 * accompanied this code). 16 * 17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version 18 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 19 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. 20 * 21 * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA 22 * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any 23 * questions. 24 */ 25 26 package java.lang; 27 28 /** 29 * The abstract class <code>Number</code> is the superclass of classes 30 * <code>BigDecimal</code>, <code>BigInteger</code>, 31 * <code>Byte</code>, <code>Double</code>, <code>Float</code>, 32 * <code>Integer</code>, <code>Long</code>, and <code>Short</code>. 33 * <p> 34 * Subclasses of <code>Number</code> must provide methods to convert 35 * the represented numeric value to <code>byte</code>, <code>double</code>, 36 * <code>float</code>, <code>int</code>, <code>long</code>, and 37 * <code>short</code>. 38 * 39 * @author Lee Boynton 40 * @author Arthur van Hoff 41 * @see java.lang.Byte 42 * @see java.lang.Double 43 * @see java.lang.Float 44 * @see java.lang.Integer 45 * @see java.lang.Long 46 * @see java.lang.Short 47 * @since JDK1.0 48 */ 49 public abstract class Number implements java.io.Serializable { 50 /** 51 * Returns the value of the specified number as an <code>int</code>. 52 * This may involve rounding or truncation. 53 * 54 * @return the numeric value represented by this object after conversion 55 * to type <code>int</code>. 56 */ 57 public abstract int intValue(); 58 59 /** 60 * Returns the value of the specified number as a <code>long</code>. 61 * This may involve rounding or truncation. 62 * 63 * @return the numeric value represented by this object after conversion 64 * to type <code>long</code>. 65 */ 66 public abstract long longValue(); 67 68 /** 69 * Returns the value of the specified number as a <code>float</code>. 70 * This may involve rounding. 71 * 72 * @return the numeric value represented by this object after conversion 73 * to type <code>float</code>. 74 */ 75 public abstract float floatValue(); 76 77 /** 78 * Returns the value of the specified number as a <code>double</code>. 79 * This may involve rounding. 80 * 81 * @return the numeric value represented by this object after conversion 82 * to type <code>double</code>. 83 */ 84 public abstract double doubleValue(); 85 86 /** 87 * Returns the value of the specified number as a <code>byte</code>. 88 * This may involve rounding or truncation. 89 * 90 * @return the numeric value represented by this object after conversion 91 * to type <code>byte</code>. 92 * @since JDK1.1 93 */ 94 public byte byteValue() { 95 return (byte)intValue(); 96 } 97 98 /** 99 * Returns the value of the specified number as a <code>short</code>. 100 * This may involve rounding or truncation. 101 * 102 * @return the numeric value represented by this object after conversion 103 * to type <code>short</code>. 104 * @since JDK1.1 105 */ 106 public short shortValue() { 107 return (short)intValue(); 108 } 109 110 /** use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.0.2 for interoperability */ 111 private static final long serialVersionUID = -8742448824652078965L; 112 }