java.lang
Class Float

java.lang.Object
  java.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.

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

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).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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Constant Field Values

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).

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Float

public Float(double value)

Constructs a newly allocated Floatobject that represents the argument converted to type float.

Float

public Float(float value)

Constructs a newly allocated Float object that represents the primitive float argument.

Method Detail

byteValue

public byte byteValue()

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

doubleValue

public double doubleValue()

Returns the double value of this Float object.

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: If f1 and f2 both represent Float.NaN, then the equals method returns true, even though Float.NaN==Float.NaN has the value false. If f1 represents +0.0f while f2 represents -0.0f, or vice versa, the equal test has the value false, even though 0.0f==-0.0f has the value true. This definition allows hashtables to operate properly.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - the reference object with which to compare.

Returns:

true if this object is the same as the obj argument; false otherwise.

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. Bit 31 (the bit that is selected by the mask 0x80000000) represents the sign of the floating-point number. Bits 30-23 (the bits that are selected by the mask 0x7f800000) represent the exponent. Bits 22-0 (the bits that are selected by the mask 0x007fffff) represent the significand (sometimes called the mantissa) of the floating-point number. If the argument is positive infinity, the result is 0x7f800000. If the argument is negative infinity, the result is 0xff800000. If the argument is NaN, the result is 0x7fc00000. 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.

floatValue

public float floatValue()

Returns the float value of this Float object.

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

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.

intValue

public int intValue()

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

isInfinite

public boolean isInfinite()

Returns true if this Float value is infinitely large in magnitude.

isInfinite

public static boolean isInfinite(float v)

Returns true if the specified number is infinitely large in magnitude.

isNaN

public boolean isNaN()

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

isNaN

public static boolean isNaN(float v)

Returns true if the specified number is the special Not-a-Number (NaN) value.

longValue

public long longValue()

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

parseFloat

public static float parseFloat(String s)
                        throws NumberFormatException

Returns a new float initialized to the value represented by the specified String.

Throws:

NumberFormatException

shortValue

public short shortValue()

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

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

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. If the argument is NaN, the result is the string "NaN". Otherwise, the result is a string that represents the sign and magnitude (absolute value) of the argument. If the sign is negative, the first character of the result is '-' ('-'); if the sign is positive, no sign character appears in the result. As for the magnitude m: If m is infinity, it is represented by the characters "Infinity"; thus, positive infinity produces the result "Infinity" and negative infinity produces the result "-Infinity". If m is zero, it is represented by the characters "0.0"; thus, negative zero produces the result "-0.0" and positive zero produces the result "0.0". If m is greater than or equal to 10^-3 but less than 10^7, then it is represented as the integer part of m, in decimal form with no leading zeroes, followed by '.' (.), followed by one or more decimal digits representing the fractional part of m. If m is less than 10-3 or not less than 107, then it is represented in so-called "computerized scientific notation." Let n be the unique integer such that 10n<=m<1; then let a be the mathematically exact quotient of m and 10n so that 1

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.

Throws:

NumberFormatException