java.lang
Class Number

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Number

Direct Known Subclasses:

Byte, Double, Float, Integer, Long, Short

public abstract class Number
extends Object

Superclass for the difference wrapper classes.

Author:

Sven Köhler

Constructor Summary

Number()
Just a constructor doing nothing.

Method Summary

byte	byteValue() Return the byte value of this Number.
abstract double	doubleValue() Return the double value of this Number.
abstract float	floatValue() Return the float value of this Number.
abstract int	intValue() Return the int value of this Number.
abstract long	longValue() Return the long value of this Number.
short	shortValue() Return the short value of this Number.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Number

public Number()

Just a constructor doing nothing.

Method Detail

byteValue

public byte byteValue()

Return the byte value of this Number.

Returns:

the byte value

shortValue

public short shortValue()

Return the short value of this Number.

Returns:

the short value

intValue

public abstract int intValue()

Return the int value of this Number.

Returns:

the int value

longValue

public abstract long longValue()

Return the long value of this Number.

Returns:

the long value

floatValue

public abstract float floatValue()

Return the float value of this Number.

Returns:

the float value

doubleValue

public abstract double doubleValue()

Return the double value of this Number.

Returns:

the double value