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25
26 package java.lang;
27
28 /**
29 * The abstract class {@code Number} is the superclass of platform
30 * classes representing numeric values that are convertible to the
31 * primitive types {@code byte}, {@code double}, {@code float}, {@code
32 * int}, {@code long}, and {@code short}.
33 *
34 * The specific semantics of the conversion from the numeric value of
35 * a particular {@code Number} implementation to a given primitive
36 * type is defined by the {@code Number} implementation in question.
37 *
38 * For platform classes, the conversion is often analogous to a
39 * narrowing primitive conversion or a widening primitive conversion
40 * as defined in <cite>The Java™ Language Specification</cite>
41 * for converting between primitive types. Therefore, conversions may
42 * lose information about the overall magnitude of a numeric value, may
43 * lose precision, and may even return a result of a different sign
44 * than the input.
45 *
46 * See the documentation of a given {@code Number} implementation for
47 * conversion details.
48 *
49 * @author Lee Boynton
50 * @author Arthur van Hoff
51 * @jls 5.1.2 Widening Primitive Conversion
52 * @jls 5.1.3 Narrowing Primitive Conversion
53 * @since 1.0
54 */
55 public abstract class Number implements java.io.Serializable {
56 /**
57 * Constructor for subclasses to call.
58 */
59 public Number() {super();}
60
61 /**
62 * Returns the value of the specified number as an {@code int}.
63 *
64 * @return the numeric value represented by this object after conversion
65 * to type {@code int}.
66 */
67 public abstract int intValue();
68
69 /**
70 * Returns the value of the specified number as a {@code long}.
71 *
72 * @return the numeric value represented by this object after conversion
73 * to type {@code long}.
74 */
75 public abstract long longValue();
76
77 /**
78 * Returns the value of the specified number as a {@code float}.
79 *
80 * @return the numeric value represented by this object after conversion
81 * to type {@code float}.
82 */
83 public abstract float floatValue();
84
85 /**
86 * Returns the value of the specified number as a {@code double}.
87 *
88 * @return the numeric value represented by this object after conversion
89 * to type {@code double}.
90 */
91 public abstract double doubleValue();
92
93 /**
94 * Returns the value of the specified number as a {@code byte}.
95 *
96 * <p>This implementation returns the result of {@link #intValue} cast
97 * to a {@code byte}.
98 *
99 * @return the numeric value represented by this object after conversion
100 * to type {@code byte}.
101 * @since 1.1
102 */
103 public byte byteValue() {
104 return (byte)intValue();
105 }
106
107 /**
108 * Returns the value of the specified number as a {@code short}.
109 *
110 * <p>This implementation returns the result of {@link #intValue} cast
111 * to a {@code short}.
112 *
113 * @return the numeric value represented by this object after conversion
114 * to type {@code short}.
115 * @since 1.1
116 */
117 public short shortValue() {
118 return (short)intValue();
119 }
120
121 /** use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.0.2 for interoperability */
122 @java.io.Serial
123 private static final long serialVersionUID = -8742448824652078965L;
124 }