org.jscience.mathematics.algebraic.numbers
Class ComparableNumber<T extends ComparableNumber>

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Number
      org.jscience.mathematics.algebraic.numbers.ComparableNumber<T>

Type Parameters:

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All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<T>

Direct Known Subclasses:

Boolean, Double, ExactInteger, ExactRational, ExactReal, Float, Integer, Long, Rational

public abstract class ComparableNumber<T extends ComparableNumber>
extends java.lang.Number
implements java.lang.Comparable<T>

This is the superclass for comparable numbers.

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Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ComparableNumber()

Method Summary

abstract T	getDistance(ComparableNumber n) DOCUMENT ME!
abstract T	getNaN() DOCUMENT ME!
abstract T	getNegativeInfinity() DOCUMENT ME!
abstract T	getPositiveInfinity() DOCUMENT ME!
abstract boolean	isInfinite() Returns true if this number is infinite.
abstract boolean	isNaN() Returns true if this number is NaN.
abstract boolean	isNegativeInfinity() DOCUMENT ME!
abstract boolean	isPositiveInfinity() DOCUMENT ME!
T	max(T val) Returns the max of this number and another, according to compareTo rules.
T	min(T val) Returns the min of this number and another, according to compareTo rules.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Number

byteValue, doubleValue, floatValue, intValue, longValue, shortValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Constructor Detail

ComparableNumber

public ComparableNumber()

Method Detail

getDistance

public abstract T getDistance(ComparableNumber n)

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Returns:

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isNaN

public abstract boolean isNaN()

Returns true if this number is NaN.

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getNaN

public abstract T getNaN()

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isInfinite

public abstract boolean isInfinite()

Returns true if this number is infinite.

Returns:

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isPositiveInfinity

public abstract boolean isPositiveInfinity()

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Returns:

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getPositiveInfinity

public abstract T getPositiveInfinity()

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isNegativeInfinity

public abstract boolean isNegativeInfinity()

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Returns:

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getNegativeInfinity

public abstract T getNegativeInfinity()

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Returns:

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min

public T min(T val)

Returns the min of this number and another, according to compareTo rules.

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Returns:

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max

public T max(T val)

Returns the max of this number and another, according to compareTo rules.

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Returns:

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