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Class Short

java.lang.Object

lab.Short

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<Short>

public class Short
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable<Short>

The Short class wraps a nonnegative value of primitive type short in an object.

Author:

Franck van Breugel

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static short	MAX_VALUE A constant holding the maximum value.
static short	MIN_VALUE A constant holding the minimum value.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Short(short value) Initializes this Short object with the specified short value.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compareTo(Short other) Compares this Short object to the specified Short object numerically.
short	shortValue() Returns the value of this Short object as a short.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MAX_VALUE

public static short MAX_VALUE

A constant holding the maximum value.

MIN_VALUE

public static short MIN_VALUE

A constant holding the minimum value.

Constructor Detail

Short

public Short(short value)
      throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Initializes this Short object with the specified short value.

Parameters:

value - the value to be represented by this Short object.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the specified short value is negative.

Method Detail

shortValue

public short shortValue()

Returns the value of this Short object as a short.

Returns:

the value of this Short object as a short.

compareTo

public int compareTo(Short other)

Compares this Short object to the specified Short object numerically.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable<Short>

Parameters:

other - the Short object to which this Short object be compared.

Returns:

the value 0 if this Short object is equal to the specified Short Short; a value less than 0 if this Short object is numerically less than the specified Short object; and a value greater than 0 if this Short object is numerically greater than the specified Short object.