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Example:: Int Float Byte

This document discusses wrapper classes in Java. It explains that wrapper classes like Integer, Long, Byte, Double, Float, and Short are used to wrap primitive data types like int, long, byte, double, float, and short when an object is required rather than a primitive. The compiler handles boxing primitive types into their wrapper class objects and unboxing object types back into primitives automatically. It then lists common methods that all subclasses of the Number class have.

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Example:: Int Float Byte

This document discusses wrapper classes in Java. It explains that wrapper classes like Integer, Long, Byte, Double, Float, and Short are used to wrap primitive data types like int, long, byte, double, float, and short when an object is required rather than a primitive. The compiler handles boxing primitive types into their wrapper class objects and unboxing object types back into primitives automatically. It then lists common methods that all subclasses of the Number class have.

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Normally, when we work with Numbers, we use primitive data types such as byte, int, long, double, etc.

Example:
int i = 5000; float gpa = 13.65; byte mask = 0xaf;

However, in development, we come across situations where we need to use objects instead of primitive data types. n!order to achieve this "ava provides wrapper classes for each primitive data type. #ll the wrapper classes $ nteger, %ong, &yte, 'ouble, (loat, )hort* are subclasses of the abstract class Number.

+his wrapping is taken care of by the compiler, the process is called boxing. )o when a primitive is used when an object is re,uired, the compiler boxes the primitive type in its wrapper class. )imilarly, the compiler unboxes the object to a primitive as well. +he Number is part of the java.lang package. Here is an example of boxing and unboxing:
public class Test{ public static void main !t"ing a"gs#$%{ &ntege" x = 5; '' boxes int to an &ntege" ob(ect x = x ) 10; '' unboxes t*e &ntege" to a int !ystem.out.p"intln x%; + +

+his would produce the following result:


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-hen x is assigned integer values, the compiler boxes the integer because x is integer objects. %ater, x is unboxed so that they can be added as integers.

Number .ethods:
Here is the list of the instance methods that all the subclasses of the Number class implement: SN Methods with Description / 2 3 4 7 8 9 : xxx0alue$* 1onverts the value of this Number object to the xxx data type and returned it. compare+o$* 1ompares this Number object to the argument. e,uals$* 'etermines whether this number object is e,ual to the argument. value5f$* 6eturns an nteger object holding the value of the specified primitive. to)tring$* 6eturns a )tring object representing the value of specified int or nteger. parse nt$* +his method is used to get the primitive data type of a certain )tring. abs$* 6eturns the absolute value of the argument. ceil$* 6eturns the smallest integer that is greater than or e,ual to the argument. 6eturned as a double. floor$* 6eturns the largest integer that is less than or e,ual to the argument. 6eturned as a double. rint$* 6eturns the integer that is closest in value to the argument. 6eturned as a double.

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round$* // 6eturns the closest long or int, as indicated by the method=s return type, to the argument. /2 /3 /4 min$* 6eturns the smaller of the two arguments. max$* 6eturns the larger of the two arguments. exp$* 6eturns the base of the natural logarithms, e, to the power of the argument.

/7 log$*

6eturns the natural logarithm of the argument. pow$* /8 6eturns the value of the first argument raised to the power of the second argument. /9 /: /; 2< 2/ 22 23 s,rt$* 6eturns the s,uare root of the argument. sin$* 6eturns the sine of the specified double value. cos$* 6eturns the cosine of the specified double value. tan$* 6eturns the tangent of the specified double value. asin$* 6eturns the arcsine of the specified double value. acos$* 6eturns the arccosine of the specified double value. atan$* 6eturns the arctangent of the specified double value.

atan2$* 24 1onverts rectangular coordinates $x, y* to polar coordinate $r, theta* and returns theta. 27 28 29 to'egrees$* 1onverts the argument to degrees to6adians$* 1onverts the argument to radians. random$* 6eturns a random number.

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n the next section, we will be going through the 1haracter class in "ava. ?ou will be learning how to use object 1haracters and primitive data type char in "ava.
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