[tools] deprecate MathTool number parsing (redundant with NumberTool numbers formatting tool)
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/velocity/tools/trunk@1770545 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
diff --git a/velocity-tools-generic/src/main/java/org/apache/velocity/tools/generic/MathTool.java b/velocity-tools-generic/src/main/java/org/apache/velocity/tools/generic/MathTool.java
index e0e333b..2882235 100644
--- a/velocity-tools-generic/src/main/java/org/apache/velocity/tools/generic/MathTool.java
+++ b/velocity-tools-generic/src/main/java/org/apache/velocity/tools/generic/MathTool.java
@@ -581,7 +581,9 @@
* @param num the number to be converted
* @return a {@link Integer} representation of the number
* or <code>null</code> if it's invalid
+ * @deprecated use {@link NumberTool#toNumber(Object)}.intValue()
*/
+ @Deprecated
public Integer toInteger(Object num)
{
Number n = toNumber(num);
@@ -600,7 +602,9 @@
* @param num the number to be converted
* @return a {@link Long} integer representation of the number
* or <code>null</code> if it's invalid
+ * @deprecated use {@link NumberTool#toNumber(Object)}.longValue()
*/
+ @Deprecated
public Long toLong(Object num)
{
Number n = toNumber(num);
@@ -619,7 +623,9 @@
* @param num the number to be converted
* @return a {@link Double} representation of the number
* or <code>null</code> if it's invalid
+ * @deprecated use {@link NumberTool#toNumber(Object)}.doubleValue()
*/
+ @Deprecated
public Double toDouble(Object num)
{
Number n = toNumber(num);
@@ -633,7 +639,7 @@
/**
* Converts an object with a numeric value into a Number
- * Valid formats are {@link Number} or a {@link String}
+ Valid formats are {@link Number} or a {@link String}
* representation of a number. Note that this does not
* handle localized number formats. Use the {@link NumberTool}
* to handle such conversions.
@@ -641,7 +647,9 @@
* @param num the number to be converted
* @return a {@link Number} representation of the number
* or <code>null</code> if it's invalid
+ * @deprecated use {@link NumberTool#toNumber(Object)}
*/
+ @Deprecated
public Number toNumber(Object num)
{
return ConversionUtils.toNumber(num, getFormat(), getLocale());
