| The abstract class Number is the superclass of classes
BigDecimal , BigInteger ,
Byte , Double , Float ,
Integer , Long , and Short .
NOTE: java.math.BigDecimal is found in J2ME CDC profiles such as
J2ME Foundation Profile.
Subclasses of Number must provide methods to convert
the represented numeric value to byte , double ,
float , int , long , and
short .
author: Lee Boynton author: Arthur van Hoff version: 1.25, 02/02/00 See Also: java.lang.Byte See Also: java.lang.Double See Also: java.lang.Float See Also: java.lang.Integer See Also: java.lang.Long See Also: java.lang.Short since: JDK1.0 |