org.hecl

Class LongThing

java.lang.Object

org.hecl.NumberThing

org.hecl.FractionalThing

org.hecl.LongThing

All Implemented Interfaces:

RealThing

public class LongThing
extends FractionalThing

The LongThing class represents a 'long' Thing.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LongThing() Creates a new LongThing instance equal to 0.
LongThing(boolean b) Creates a new LongThing instance from boolean b where true is 1 and false is 0.
LongThing(long l) Creates a new LongThing instance with value l.
LongThing(java.lang.String s) Creates a new LongThing instance from string s.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte	byteValue() byteValue returns the number as a byte.
static Thing	create(boolean b) The create method creates and returns a newly allocated Thing with an LongThing internal representation.
static Thing	create(int i) The create method creates and returns a newly allocated Thing with an LongThing internal representation.
static Thing	create(long l) The create method creates and returns a newly allocated Thing with an LongThing internal representation.
RealThing	deepcopy() deepcopy makes a copy.
double	doubleValue() doubleValue returns the value as a double.
float	floatValue() floatValue returns the value as a float.
static long	get(Thing thing) get attempts to fetch an integer value from a Thing.
java.lang.String	getStringRep() getStringRep creates a string representation of the LongThing.
int	intValue() intValue returns the number as an int.
boolean	isLong()
long	longValue() longValue returns the value as a long.
void	set(long l) set sets the internal value of an LongThing to l.
short	shortValue() shortValue returns the number as a short.
java.lang.String	thingclass()

Methods inherited from class org.hecl.FractionalThing

isFractional, isIntegral

Methods inherited from class org.hecl.NumberThing

asNumber, create, isFractional, isIntegral, isNumber, isNumber

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LongThing

public LongThing()

Creates a new LongThing instance equal to 0.

LongThing

public LongThing(long l)

Creates a new LongThing instance with value l.

Parameters:

l - a long value

LongThing

public LongThing(boolean b)

Creates a new LongThing instance from boolean b where true is 1 and false is 0.

Parameters:

b - a boolean value

LongThing

public LongThing(java.lang.String s)
          throws java.lang.NumberFormatException

Creates a new LongThing instance from string s.

Parameters:

s - a String value

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - when argum,ent does not adhere to integral number syntax.

Method Detail

thingclass

public java.lang.String thingclass()

create

public static Thing create(int i)

The create method creates and returns a newly allocated Thing with an LongThing internal representation.

Parameters:

i - an int value

Returns:

a Thing value

create

public static Thing create(long l)

The create method creates and returns a newly allocated Thing with an LongThing internal representation.

Parameters:

l - an long value

Returns:

a Thing value

create

public static Thing create(boolean b)

The create method creates and returns a newly allocated Thing with an LongThing internal representation.

Parameters:

b - an boolean value

Returns:

a Thing value

get

public static long get(Thing thing)
                throws HeclException

get attempts to fetch an integer value from a Thing.

Parameters:

thing - a Thing value

Returns:

an int value

Throws:

HeclException - if an error occurs

byteValue

public byte byteValue()

Description copied from class: NumberThing

byteValue returns the number as a byte.

Specified by:

byteValue in class NumberThing

Returns:

a byte value

shortValue

public short shortValue()

Description copied from class: NumberThing

shortValue returns the number as a short.

Specified by:

shortValue in class NumberThing

Returns:

a short value

intValue

public int intValue()

Description copied from class: NumberThing

intValue returns the number as an int.

Specified by:

intValue in class NumberThing

Returns:

an int value

longValue

public long longValue()

Description copied from class: NumberThing

longValue returns the value as a long.

Specified by:

longValue in class NumberThing

Returns:

a long value

floatValue

public float floatValue()

Description copied from class: NumberThing

floatValue returns the value as a float. Not available in CLDC 1.0

Specified by:

floatValue in class NumberThing

Returns:

a float value

doubleValue

public double doubleValue()

Description copied from class: NumberThing

doubleValue returns the value as a double. Not available in CLDC 1.0

Specified by:

doubleValue in class NumberThing

Returns:

a double value

isLong

public boolean isLong()

set

public void set(long l)

set sets the internal value of an LongThing to l.

Parameters:

l - a long value

deepcopy

public RealThing deepcopy()

deepcopy makes a copy.

Specified by:

deepcopy in interface RealThing

Specified by:

deepcopy in class NumberThing

Returns:

a RealThing value

getStringRep

public java.lang.String getStringRep()

getStringRep creates a string representation of the LongThing.

Specified by:

getStringRep in interface RealThing

Specified by:

getStringRep in class NumberThing

Returns:

a String value