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package java.lang;


/**
 * The abstract superclass of the classes which represent numeric base types
 * (that is {@link Byte}, {@link Short}, {@link Integer}, {@link Long},
 * {@link Float}, and {@link Double}. 
 */
public abstract class Number implements java.io.Serializable {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -8742448824652078965L;

    /**
     * Empty default constructor.
     */
    public Number() {
    }

    /**
     * Returns this object's value as a byte. Might involve rounding and/or
     * truncating the value, so it fits into a byte.  
     * 
     * @return the primitive byte value of this object.
     */
    public byte byteValue() {
        return (byte) intValue();
    }

    /**
     * Returns this object's value as a double. Might involve rounding.
     * 
     * @return the primitive double value of this object.
     */
    public abstract double doubleValue();

    /**
     * Returns this object's value as a float. Might involve rounding.
     * 
     * @return the primitive float value of this object.
     */
    public abstract float floatValue();

    /**
     * Returns this object's value as an int. Might involve rounding and/or
     * truncating the value, so it fits into an int.
     * 
     * @return the primitive int value of this object.
     */
    public abstract int intValue();

    /**
     * Returns this object's value as a long. Might involve rounding and/or
     * truncating the value, so it fits into a long.
     * 
     * @return the primitive long value of this object.
     */
    public abstract long longValue();

    /**
     * Returns this object's value as a short. Might involve rounding and/or
     * truncating the value, so it fits into a short.
     * 
     * @return the primitive short value of this object.
     */
    public short shortValue() {
        return (short) intValue();
    }
}