Name
Number
Synopsis
This is an abstract class that is the
superclass of Byte
, Short
,
Integer
, Long
,
Float
, and Double
. It defines
the conversion functions those types implement.
Figure 10-47. java.lang.Number
public abstract class Number implements Serializable { // Public Constructors public Number( ); // Public Instance Methods 1.1 public byte byteValue( ); public abstract double doubleValue( ); public abstract float floatValue( ); public abstract int intValue( ); public abstract long longValue( ); 1.1 public short shortValue( ); }
Subclasses
Byte
, Double
,
Float
, Integer
,
Long
, Short
,
java.math.BigDecimal
,
java.math.BigInteger
,
java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
,
java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong
Returned By
java.text.ChoiceFormat.parse( )
,
java.text.DecimalFormat.parse( )
,
java.text.NumberFormat.parse( )
,
javax.xml.datatype.Duration.getField( )
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