src/share/classes/java/lang/Float.java
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rev 6091 : 7088952: Add size in bytes constant "BYTES" to primitive type wrapper types
Summary: Adds a constant BYTES to each of the primitive wrapper classes (Byte, Character, Double, Float, Integer, Long, Short) with the calculation Primitive.SIZE / Byte.SIZE already made.
Reviewed-by: smarks, darcy
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* @since 1.5
*/
public static final int SIZE = 32;
/**
+ * The number of bytes used to represent a {@code float} value.
+ *
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+ public static final int BYTES = SIZE / Byte.SIZE;
+
+ /**
* The {@code Class} instance representing the primitive type
* {@code float}.
*
* @since JDK1.1
*/