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### class:Number [NONE]
All Implemented Interfaces: `Serializable` Direct Known Subclasses: `AtomicInteger`, `AtomicLong`, `BigDecimal`, `BigInteger`, `Byte`, `Double`, `DoubleAccumulator`, `DoubleAdder`, `Float`, `Integer`, `Long`, `LongAccumulator`, `LongAdder`, `Short`
    public abstract class Number
    extends Object
    implements Serializable
The abstract class `Number` is the superclass of platform classes representing numeric values that are convertible to the primitive types `byte`, `double`, `float`, `int` , `long`, and `short`. The specific semantics of the conversion from the numeric value of a particular `Number` implementation to a given primitive type is defined by the `Number` implementation in question. For platform classes, the conversion is often analogous to a narrowing primitive conversion or a widening primitive conversion as defined in The Java™ Language Specification for converting between primitive types. Therefore, conversions may lose information about the overall magnitude of a numeric value, may lose precision, and may even return a result of a different sign than the input. See the documentation of a given `Number` implementation for conversion details. Since: 1.0 See Also: Serialized Form

### constructor:Number() [NONE]
### Number public Number() Constructor for subclasses to call.

### method:intValue() [NONE]
### intValue public abstract int intValue() Returns the value of the specified number as an `int`. Returns: the numeric value represented by this object after conversion to type `int`.

### method:longValue() [NONE]
### longValue public abstract long longValue() Returns the value of the specified number as a `long`. Returns: the numeric value represented by this object after conversion to type `long`.

### method:floatValue() [NONE]
### floatValue public abstract float floatValue() Returns the value of the specified number as a `float`. Returns: the numeric value represented by this object after conversion to type `float`.

### method:doubleValue() [NONE]
### doubleValue public abstract double doubleValue() Returns the value of the specified number as a `double`. Returns: the numeric value represented by this object after conversion to type `double`.

### method:byteValue() [NONE]
### byteValue public byte byteValue() Returns the value of the specified number as a `byte`. This implementation returns the result of `intValue()` cast to a `byte`. Returns: the numeric value represented by this object after conversion to type `byte`. Since: 1.1

### method:shortValue() [NONE]
### shortValue public short shortValue() Returns the value of the specified number as a `short`. This implementation returns the result of `intValue()` cast to a `short`. Returns: the numeric value represented by this object after conversion to type `short`. Since: 1.1