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java.lang
Class Float

java.lang.Object
  extended byjava.lang.Float

public final class Float
extends Object

The Float class wraps a value of primitive type float in an object. An object of type Float contains a single field whose type is float.

In addition, this class provides several methods for converting a float to a String and a String to a float, as well as other constants and methods useful when dealing with a float.

Since:
JDK1.0, CLDC 1.1

Field Summary
static float MAX_VALUE
          The largest positive value of type float.
static float MIN_VALUE
          The smallest positive value of type float.
static float NaN
          The Not-a-Number (NaN) value of type float.
static float NEGATIVE_INFINITY
          The negative infinity of type float.
static float POSITIVE_INFINITY
          The positive infinity of type float.
 
Constructor Summary
Float(double value)
          Constructs a newly allocated Floatobject that represents the argument converted to type float.
Float(float value)
          Constructs a newly allocated Float object that represents the primitive float argument.
 
Method Summary
 byte byteValue()
          Returns the value of this Float as a byte (by casting to a byte).
 double doubleValue()
          Returns the double value of this Float object.
 boolean equals(Object obj)
          Compares this object against some other object.
static int floatToIntBits(float value)
          Returns the bit representation of a single-float value.
 float floatValue()
          Returns the float value of this Float object.
 int hashCode()
          Returns a hashcode for this Float object.
static float intBitsToFloat(int bits)
          Returns the single-float corresponding to a given bit representation.
 int intValue()
          Returns the integer value of this Float (by casting to an int).
 boolean isInfinite()
          Returns true if this Float value is infinitely large in magnitude.
static boolean isInfinite(float v)
          Returns true if the specified number is infinitely large in magnitude.
 boolean isNaN()
          Returns true if this Float value is Not-a-Number (NaN).
static boolean isNaN(float v)
          Returns true if the specified number is the special Not-a-Number (NaN) value.
 long longValue()
          Returns the long value of this Float (by casting to a long).
static float parseFloat(String s)
          Returns a new float initialized to the value represented by the specified String.
 short shortValue()
          Returns the value of this Float as a short (by casting to a short).
 String toString()
          Returns a String representation of this Float object.
static String toString(float f)
          Returns a String representation for the specified float value.
static Float valueOf(String s)
          Returns the floating point value represented by the specified String.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

POSITIVE_INFINITY

public static final float POSITIVE_INFINITY
The positive infinity of type float. It is equal to the value returned by Float.intBitsToFloat(0x7f800000).

See Also:
Constant Field Values

NEGATIVE_INFINITY

public static final float NEGATIVE_INFINITY
The negative infinity of type float. It is equal to the value returned by Float.intBitsToFloat(0xff800000).

See Also:
Constant Field Values

NaN

public static final float NaN
The Not-a-Number (NaN) value of type float. It is equal to the value returned by Float.intBitsToFloat(0x7fc00000).

See Also:
Constant Field Values

MAX_VALUE

public static final float MAX_VALUE
The largest positive value of type float. It is equal to the value returned by Float.intBitsToFloat(0x7f7fffff).

See Also:
Constant Field Values

MIN_VALUE

public static final float MIN_VALUE
The smallest positive value of type float. It is equal to the value returned by Float.intBitsToFloat(0x1).

See Also:
Constant Field Values
Constructor Detail

Float

public Float(float value)
Constructs a newly allocated Float object that represents the primitive float argument.

Parameters:
value - the value to be represented by the Float.

Float

public Float(double value)
Constructs a newly allocated Floatobject that represents the argument converted to type float.

Parameters:
value - the value to be represented by the Float.
Method Detail

toString

public static String toString(float f)
Returns a String representation for the specified float value. The argument is converted to a readable string format as follows. All characters and characters in strings mentioned below are ASCII characters.

valueOf

public static Float valueOf(String s)
                     throws NumberFormatException
Returns the floating point value represented by the specified String. The string s is interpreted as the representation of a floating-point value and a Float object representing that value is created and returned.

If s is null, then a NullPointerException is thrown.

Leading and trailing whitespace characters in s are ignored. The rest of s should constitute a FloatValue as described by the lexical syntax rules:


 FloatValue:

          Signopt FloatingPointLiteral
 
where Sign, FloatingPointLiteral are as defined in Section 3.10.2 of the Java Language Specification. If it does not have the form of a FloatValue, then a NumberFormatException is thrown. Otherwise, it is regarded as representing an exact decimal value in the usual "computerized scientific notation"; this exact decimal value is then conceptually converted to an "infinitely precise" binary value that is then rounded to type float by the usual round-to-nearest rule of IEEE 754 floating-point arithmetic.

Parameters:
s - the string to be parsed.
Returns:
a newly constructed Float initialized to the value represented by the String argument.
Throws:
NumberFormatException - if the string does not contain a parsable number.

parseFloat

public static float parseFloat(String s)
                        throws NumberFormatException
Returns a new float initialized to the value represented by the specified String.

Parameters:
s - the string to be parsed.
Returns:
the float value represented by the string argument.
Throws:
NumberFormatException - if the string does not contain a parsable float.
Since:
JDK1.2

isNaN

public static boolean isNaN(float v)
Returns true if the specified number is the special Not-a-Number (NaN) value.

Parameters:
v - the value to be tested.
Returns:
true if the argument is NaN; false otherwise.

isInfinite

public static boolean isInfinite(float v)
Returns true if the specified number is infinitely large in magnitude.

Parameters:
v - the value to be tested.
Returns:
true if the argument is positive infinity or negative infinity; false otherwise.

isNaN

public boolean isNaN()
Returns true if this Float value is Not-a-Number (NaN).

Returns:
true if the value represented by this object is NaN; false otherwise.

isInfinite

public boolean isInfinite()
Returns true if this Float value is infinitely large in magnitude.

Returns:
true if the value represented by this object is positive infinity or negative infinity; false otherwise.

toString

public String toString()
Returns a String representation of this Float object. The primitive float value represented by this object is converted to a String exactly as if by the method toString of one argument.

Overrides:
toString in class Object
Returns:
a String representation of this object.
See Also:
toString(float)

byteValue

public byte byteValue()
Returns the value of this Float as a byte (by casting to a byte).

Since:
JDK1.1

shortValue

public short shortValue()
Returns the value of this Float as a short (by casting to a short).

Since:
JDK1.1

intValue

public int intValue()
Returns the integer value of this Float (by casting to an int).

Returns:
the float value represented by this object converted to type int and the result of the conversion is returned.

longValue

public long longValue()
Returns the long value of this Float (by casting to a long).

Returns:
the float value represented by this object is converted to type long and the result of the conversion is returned.

floatValue

public float floatValue()
Returns the float value of this Float object.

Returns:
the float value represented by this object.

doubleValue

public double doubleValue()
Returns the double value of this Float object.

Returns:
the float value represented by this object is converted to type double and the result of the conversion is returned.

hashCode

public int hashCode()
Returns a hashcode for this Float object. The result is the integer bit representation, exactly as produced by the method floatToIntBits(float), of the primitive float value represented by this Float object.

Overrides:
hashCode in class Object
Returns:
a hash code value for this object.
See Also:
Object.equals(java.lang.Object), Hashtable

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)
Compares this object against some other object. The result is true if and only if the argument is not null and is a Float object that represents a float that has the identical bit pattern to the bit pattern of the float represented by this object. For this purpose, two float values are considered to be the same if and only if the method floatToIntBits(float) returns the same int value when applied to each.

Note that in most cases, for two instances of class Float, f1 and f2, the value of f1.equals(f2) is true if and only if

   f1.floatValue() == f2.floatValue()
 

also has the value true. However, there are two exceptions:

This definition allows hashtables to operate properly.

Overrides:
equals in class Object
Parameters:
obj - the object to be compared
Returns:
true if the objects are the same; false otherwise.
See Also:
floatToIntBits(float)

floatToIntBits

public static int floatToIntBits(float value)
Returns the bit representation of a single-float value. The result is a representation of the floating-point argument according to the IEEE 754 floating-point "single precision" bit layout. In all cases, the result is an integer that, when given to the intBitsToFloat(int) method, will produce a floating-point value equal to the argument to floatToIntBits.

Parameters:
value - a floating-point number.
Returns:
the bits that represent the floating-point number.

intBitsToFloat

public static float intBitsToFloat(int bits)
Returns the single-float corresponding to a given bit representation. The argument is considered to be a representation of a floating-point value according to the IEEE 754 floating-point "single precision" bit layout.

If the argument is 0x7f800000, the result is positive infinity.

If the argument is 0xff800000, the result is negative infinity.

If the argument is any value in the range 0x7f800001 through 0x7fffffff or in the range 0xff800001 through 0xffffffff, the result is NaN. All IEEE 754 NaN values of type float are, in effect, lumped together by the Java programming language into a single float value called NaN.

In all other cases, let s, e, and m be three values that can be computed from the argument:

 int s = ((bits >> 31) == 0) ? 1 : -1;
 int e = ((bits >> 23) & 0xff);
 int m = (e == 0) ?
                 (bits & 0x7fffff) << 1 :
                 (bits & 0x7fffff) | 0x800000;
 
Then the floating-point result equals the value of the mathematical expression s·m·2e-150.

Parameters:
bits - an integer.
Returns:
the single-format floating-point value with the same bit pattern.

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