edu.northwestern.at.utils.math
Class NumberOps

java.lang.Object
  edu.northwestern.at.utils.math.NumberOps

public class NumberOps
extends java.lang.Object

Perform arithmetic on java.lang.Number objects.

Field Summary

protected static java.lang.Number

intZero Integer zero as a Number.

Constructor Summary

NumberOps()

Method Summary

static java.lang.Number	add(java.lang.Number number1, java.lang.Number number2) Add two numbers.
static java.lang.Number	cloneNumber(java.lang.Number number) Get copy of a Number object.
static int	compareNumbers(java.lang.Number number1, java.lang.Number number2) Compare two numbers.
static int	compareToZero(java.lang.Number number) Compare a number to zero.
static java.lang.Number	divide(java.lang.Number number1, java.lang.Number number2) Divide two numbers.
static java.lang.Number	modulus(java.lang.Number number1, java.lang.Number number2) Find modulus of two numbers.
static java.lang.Number	multiply(java.lang.Number number1, java.lang.Number number2) Multiply two numbers.
static java.lang.Number	subtract(java.lang.Number number1, java.lang.Number number2) Substract two numbers.
static java.lang.Number	toNumber(java.lang.String s) Convert string to Number.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

intZero

protected static final java.lang.Number intZero

Integer zero as a Number. Used for comparisons.

Constructor Detail

NumberOps

public NumberOps()

Method Detail

compareNumbers

public static int compareNumbers(java.lang.Number number1,
                                 java.lang.Number number2)

Compare two numbers.

Parameters:

number1 - First number.

number2 - Second number.

Returns:

-1 if number1 < number2 0 if number1 == number2 1 if number1 > number2

compareToZero

public static int compareToZero(java.lang.Number number)

Compare a number to zero.

Parameters:

number - Number to compare to zero.

Returns:

-1 if number < 0 0 if number1 == 0 1 if number1 > 0

add

public static java.lang.Number add(java.lang.Number number1,
                                   java.lang.Number number2)

Add two numbers.

Parameters:

number1 - First number.

number2 - Second number.

Returns:

Sum of number1 and number2.

If both number1 and number2 are Integers, the result is an Integer. Any other combination of Number types results in a Double.

subtract

public static java.lang.Number subtract(java.lang.Number number1,
                                        java.lang.Number number2)

Substract two numbers.

Parameters:

number1 - First number.

number2 - Second number.

Returns:

number1 - number2 .

If both number1 and number2 are Integers, the result is an Integer. Any other combination of Number types results in a Double.

multiply

public static java.lang.Number multiply(java.lang.Number number1,
                                        java.lang.Number number2)

Multiply two numbers.

Parameters:

number1 - First number.

number2 - Second number.

Returns:

number1 * number2 .

If both number1 and number2 are Integers, the result is an Integer. Any other combination of Number types results in a Double.

divide

public static java.lang.Number divide(java.lang.Number number1,
                                      java.lang.Number number2)

Divide two numbers.

Parameters:

number1 - First number.

number2 - Second number.

Returns:

number1 / number2 .

If both number1 and number2 are Integers, the result is an Integer. Any other combination of Number types results in a Double. Zerodivides are passed through as NAN.

modulus

public static java.lang.Number modulus(java.lang.Number number1,
                                       java.lang.Number number2)

Find modulus of two numbers.

Parameters:

number1 - First number.

number2 - Second number.

Returns:

number1 modulo number2 as a long.

The numbers are converted to Longs before performing the operation. The result is a Long. This gives the expected results if the numbers are both integral.

toNumber

public static java.lang.Number toNumber(java.lang.String s)
                                 throws java.lang.NumberFormatException

Convert string to Number.

Parameters:

s - String to convert to Number.

Returns:

String converted to a Number.

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if "s" does not contain a valid number.

If the string contains an integer, the resulting Number is an Integer. Anything other valid numeric string is converted to a Double. An invalid numeric string throws a NumberFormatException.

cloneNumber

public static java.lang.Number cloneNumber(java.lang.Number number)

Get copy of a Number object.

Parameters:

number - The number object for which a copy is desired.

Returns:

A copy of the specified Number object.

This method exists because Java does not implement a proper clone method for the Number class.