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package java.lang;

/**

 * The abstract class {@code Number} is the superclass of platform

 * classes representing numeric values that are convertible to the

 * primitive types {@code byte}, {@code double}, {@code float}, {@code

 * int}, {@code long}, and {@code short}.

 *

 * The specific semantics of the conversion from the numeric value of

 * a particular {@code Number} implementation to a given primitive

 * type is defined by the {@code Number} implementation in question.

 *

 * For platform classes, the conversion is often analogous to a

 * narrowing primitive conversion or a widening primitive conversion

 * for converting between primitive types.  Therefore, conversions may

 * lose information about the overall magnitude of a numeric value, may

 * lose precision, and may even return a result of a different sign

 * than the input.

 *

 * See the documentation of a given {@code Number} implementation for

 * conversion details.

 *

 * @author      Lee Boynton

 * @author      Arthur van Hoff

 * @jls 5.1.2 Widening Primitive Conversions

 * @jls 5.1.3 Narrowing Primitive Conversions

 * @since   1.0

 */

public abstract class Number implements java.io.Serializable {

    /**

     *

     * @return  the numeric value represented by this object after conversion

     *          to type {@code int}.

     */

    public abstract int intValue();

    /**

     *

     * @return  the numeric value represented by this object after conversion

     *          to type {@code long}.

     */

    public abstract long longValue();

    /**

     *

     * @return  the numeric value represented by this object after conversion

     *          to type {@code float}.

     */

    public abstract float floatValue();

    /**

     *

     * @return  the numeric value represented by this object after conversion

     *          to type {@code double}.

     */

    public abstract double doubleValue();

    /**

     *

     * <p>This implementation returns the result of {@link #intValue} cast

     * to a {@code byte}.

     *

     * @return  the numeric value represented by this object after conversion

     *          to type {@code byte}.

     * @since   1.1

     */

    public byte byteValue() {

        return (byte)intValue();

    }

    /**

     *

     * <p>This implementation returns the result of {@link #intValue} cast

     * to a {@code short}.

     *

     * @return  the numeric value represented by this object after conversion

     *          to type {@code short}.

     * @since   1.1

     */

    public short shortValue() {

        return (short)intValue();

    }

    /** use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.0.2 for interoperability */

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -8742448824652078965L;

}