Number is the superclass of classes BigDecimal, BigInteger, Byte, Double, Float, Integer, Long, and Short. Subclasses of Number must provide methods to convert the represented numeric value to byte, double, float, int, long, and short.
@author Lee Boynton
@author Arthur van Hoff
@version 1.30, 11/17/05
@see java.lang.Byte
@see java.lang.Double
@see java.lang.Float
@see java.lang.Integer
@see java.lang.Long
@see java.lang.Short
@since JDK1.0
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