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Byte.java

/*
 * @(#)Byte.java	1.40 04/05/11
 *
 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package java.lang;

/**
 *
 * The <code>Byte</code> class wraps a value of primitive type
 * <code>byte</code> in an object.  An object of type
 * <code>Byte</code> contains a single field whose type is
 * <code>byte</code>.
 *
 * <p>
 *
 * In addition, this class provides several methods for converting a
 * <code>byte</code> to a <code>String</code> and a <code>String</code>
 * to a <code>byte</code>, as well as other constants and methods
 * useful when dealing with a <code>byte</code>.
 *
 * @author  Nakul Saraiya
 * @version 1.40, 05/11/04
 * @see     java.lang.Number
 * @since   JDK1.1
 */
public final class Byte extends Number implements Comparable<Byte> {

    /**
     * A constant holding the minimum value a <code>byte</code> can
     * have, -2<sup>7</sup>.
     */
    public static final byte   MIN_VALUE = -128;

    /**
     * A constant holding the maximum value a <code>byte</code> can
     * have, 2<sup>7</sup>-1.
     */
    public static final byte   MAX_VALUE = 127;

    /**
     * The <code>Class</code> instance representing the primitive type
     * <code>byte</code>.
     */
    public static final Class<Byte>	TYPE = (Class<Byte>) Class.getPrimitiveClass("byte");

    /**
     * Returns a new <code>String</code> object representing the
     * specified <code>byte</code>. The radix is assumed to be 10.
     *
     * @param b	the <code>byte</code> to be converted
     * @return the string representation of the specified <code>byte</code>
     * @see java.lang.Integer#toString(int)
     */
    public static String toString(byte b) {
	return Integer.toString((int)b, 10);
    }

    private static class ByteCache {
	private ByteCache(){}

	static final Byte cache[] = new Byte[-(-128) + 127 + 1];

	static {
	    for(int i = 0; i < cache.length; i++)
		cache[i] = new Byte((byte)(i - 128));
	}
    }

    /**
     * Returns a <tt>Byte</tt> instance representing the specified
     * <tt>byte</tt> value.
     * If a new <tt>Byte</tt> instance is not required, this method
     * should generally be used in preference to the constructor
     * {@link #Byte(byte)}, as this method is likely to yield
     * significantly better space and time performance by caching
     * frequently requested values.
     *
     * @param  b a byte value.
     * @return a <tt>Byte</tt> instance representing <tt>b</tt>.
     * @since  1.5
     */
    public static Byte valueOf(byte b) {
	final int offset = 128;
	return ByteCache.cache[(int)b + offset];
    }

    /**
     * Parses the string argument as a signed decimal
     * <code>byte</code>. The characters in the string must all be
     * decimal digits, except that the first character may be an ASCII
     * minus sign <code>'-'</code> (<code>'\u002D'</code>) to
     * indicate a negative value. The resulting <code>byte</code> value is
     * returned, exactly as if the argument and the radix 10 were
     * given as arguments to the {@link #parseByte(java.lang.String,
     * int)} method.
     *
     * @param s		a <code>String</code> containing the 
     *                  <code>byte</code> representation to be parsed
     * @return 		the <code>byte</code> value represented by the 
     *                  argument in decimal
     * @exception	NumberFormatException if the string does not
     *			contain a parsable <code>byte</code>.
     */
    public static byte parseByte(String s) throws NumberFormatException {
	return parseByte(s, 10);
    }

    /**
     * Parses the string argument as a signed <code>byte</code> in the
     * radix specified by the second argument. The characters in the
     * string must all be digits, of the specified radix (as
     * determined by whether {@link java.lang.Character#digit(char,
     * int)} returns a nonnegative value) except that the first
     * character may be an ASCII minus sign <code>'-'</code>
     * (<code>'\u002D'</code>) to indicate a negative value.  The
     * resulting <code>byte</code> value is returned.
     * <p>
     * An exception of type <code>NumberFormatException</code> is
     * thrown if any of the following situations occurs:
     * <ul>
     * <li> The first argument is <code>null</code> or is a string of
     * length zero.
     *
     * <li> The radix is either smaller than {@link
     * java.lang.Character#MIN_RADIX} or larger than {@link
     * java.lang.Character#MAX_RADIX}.
     *
     * <li> Any character of the string is not a digit of the specified
     * radix, except that the first character may be a minus sign
     * <code>'-'</code> (<code>'\u002D'</code>) provided that the
     * string is longer than length 1.
     *
     * <li> The value represented by the string is not a value of type
     * <code>byte</code>.
     * </ul>
     *
     * @param s		the <code>String</code> containing the 
     *			<code>byte</code>
     *                  representation to be parsed
     * @param radix	the radix to be used while parsing <code>s</code>
     * @return 		the <code>byte</code> value represented by the string 
     *                   argument in the specified radix
     * @exception	NumberFormatException If the string does
     *                  not contain a parsable <code>byte</code>.
     */
    public static byte parseByte(String s, int radix)
	throws NumberFormatException {
	int i = Integer.parseInt(s, radix);
	if (i < MIN_VALUE || i > MAX_VALUE)
	    throw new NumberFormatException(
                "Value out of range. Value:\"" + s + "\" Radix:" + radix);
	return (byte)i;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a <code>Byte</code> object holding the value
     * extracted from the specified <code>String</code> when parsed
     * with the radix given by the second argument. The first argument
     * is interpreted as representing a signed <code>byte</code> in
     * the radix specified by the second argument, exactly as if the
     * argument were given to the {@link #parseByte(java.lang.String,
     * int)} method. The result is a <code>Byte</code> object that
     * represents the <code>byte</code> value specified by the string.
     * <p> In other words, this method returns a <code>Byte</code> object
     * equal to the value of:
     *
     * <blockquote><code>
     * new Byte(Byte.parseByte(s, radix))
     * </code></blockquote>
     *
     * @param s		the string to be parsed
     * @param radix 	the radix to be used in interpreting <code>s</code>
     * @return 		a <code>Byte</code> object holding the value 
     * 			represented by the string argument in the 
     *			specified radix.
     * @exception	NumberFormatException If the <code>String</code> does 
     *			not contain a parsable <code>byte</code>.
     */
    public static Byte valueOf(String s, int radix)
	throws NumberFormatException {
	return new Byte(parseByte(s, radix));
    }

    /**
     * Returns a <code>Byte</code> object holding the value
     * given by the specified <code>String</code>. The argument is
     * interpreted as representing a signed decimal <code>byte</code>,
     * exactly as if the argument were given to the {@link
     * #parseByte(java.lang.String)} method. The result is a
     * <code>Byte</code> object that represents the <code>byte</code>
     * value specified by the string.  <p> In other words, this method
     * returns a <code>Byte</code> object equal to the value of:
     *
     * <blockquote><code>
     * new Byte(Byte.parseByte(s))
     * </code></blockquote>
     *
     * @param s		the string to be parsed
     * @return 		a <code>Byte</code> object holding the value
     * 			represented by the string argument
     * @exception	NumberFormatException If the <code>String</code> does
     *			not contain a parsable <code>byte</code>.
     */
    public static Byte valueOf(String s) throws NumberFormatException {
	return valueOf(s, 10);
    }

    /**
     * Decodes a <code>String</code> into a <code>Byte</code>.
     * Accepts decimal, hexadecimal, and octal numbers given by
     * the following grammar:
     *
     * <blockquote>
     * <dl>
     * <dt><i>DecodableString:</i>
     * <dd><i>Sign<sub>opt</sub> DecimalNumeral</i>
     * <dd><i>Sign<sub>opt</sub></i> <code>0x</code> <i>HexDigits</i>
     * <dd><i>Sign<sub>opt</sub></i> <code>0X</code> <i>HexDigits</i>
     * <dd><i>Sign<sub>opt</sub></i> <code>#</code> <i>HexDigits</i>
     * <dd><i>Sign<sub>opt</sub></i> <code>0</code> <i>OctalDigits</i>
     * <p>
     * <dt><i>Sign:</i>
     * <dd><code>-</code>
     * </dl>
     * </blockquote>
     *
     * <i>DecimalNumeral</i>, <i>HexDigits</i>, and <i>OctalDigits</i>
     * are defined in <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/lexical.doc.html#48282">§3.10.1</a> 
     * of the <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/html/">Java 
     * Language Specification</a>.
     * <p>
     * The sequence of characters following an (optional) negative
     * sign and/or radix specifier ("<code>0x</code>",
     * "<code>0X</code>", "<code>#</code>", or
     * leading zero) is parsed as by the <code>Byte.parseByte</code>
     * method with the indicated radix (10, 16, or 8).  This sequence
     * of characters must represent a positive value or a {@link
     * NumberFormatException} will be thrown.  The result is negated
     * if first character of the specified <code>String</code> is the
     * minus sign.  No whitespace characters are permitted in the
     * <code>String</code>.
     *
     * @param     nm the <code>String</code> to decode.
     * @return 	 a <code>Byte</code> object holding the <code>byte</code>
     * 		value represented by <code>nm</code>
     * @exception NumberFormatException  if the <code>String</code> does not
     *            contain a parsable <code>byte</code>.
     * @see java.lang.Byte#parseByte(java.lang.String, int)
     */
    public static Byte decode(String nm) throws NumberFormatException {
        int radix = 10;
        int index = 0;
        boolean negative = false;
        Byte result;

        // Handle minus sign, if present
        if (nm.startsWith("-")) {
            negative = true;
            index++;
        }

	if (nm.startsWith("0x", index) || nm.startsWith("0X", index)) {
            index += 2;
            radix = 16;
	} else if (nm.startsWith("#", index)) {
	    index++;
            radix = 16;
	} else if (nm.startsWith("0", index) && nm.length() > 1 + index) {
	    index++;
            radix = 8;
	}

        if (nm.startsWith("-", index))
            throw new NumberFormatException("Negative sign in wrong position");

        try {
            result = Byte.valueOf(nm.substring(index), radix);
            result = negative ? new Byte((byte)-result.byteValue()) : result;
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            // If number is Byte.MIN_VALUE, we'll end up here. The next line
            // handles this case, and causes any genuine format error to be
            // rethrown.
            String constant = negative ? new String("-" + nm.substring(index))
                                       : nm.substring(index);
            result = Byte.valueOf(constant, radix);
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * The value of the <code>Byte</code>.
     *
     * @serial
     */
    private final byte value;

    /**
     * Constructs a newly allocated <code>Byte</code> object that
     * represents the specified <code>byte</code> value.
     *
     * @param value	the value to be represented by the 
     *			<code>Byte</code>.
     */
    public Byte(byte value) {
	this.value = value;
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a newly allocated <code>Byte</code> object that
     * represents the <code>byte</code> value indicated by the
     * <code>String</code> parameter. The string is converted to a
     * <code>byte</code> value in exactly the manner used by the
     * <code>parseByte</code> method for radix 10.
     *
     * @param s		the <code>String</code> to be converted to a 
     *			<code>Byte</code>
     * @exception	NumberFormatException If the <code>String</code> 
     *			does not contain a parsable <code>byte</code>.
     * @see        java.lang.Byte#parseByte(java.lang.String, int)
     */
    public Byte(String s) throws NumberFormatException {
	this.value = parseByte(s, 10);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of this <code>Byte</code> as a
     * <code>byte</code>.
     */
    public byte byteValue() {
	return value;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of this <code>Byte</code> as a
     * <code>short</code>.
     */
    public short shortValue() {
	return (short)value;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of this <code>Byte</code> as an
     * <code>int</code>.
     */
    public int intValue() {
	return (int)value;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of this <code>Byte</code> as a
     * <code>long</code>.
     */
    public long longValue() {
	return (long)value;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of this <code>Byte</code> as a
     * <code>float</code>.
     */
    public float floatValue() {
	return (float)value;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of this <code>Byte</code> as a
     * <code>double</code>.
     */
    public double doubleValue() {
	return (double)value;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a <code>String</code> object representing this
     * <code>Byte</code>'s value.  The value is converted to signed
     * decimal representation and returned as a string, exactly as if
     * the <code>byte</code> value were given as an argument to the
     * {@link java.lang.Byte#toString(byte)} method.
     *
     * @return  a string representation of the value of this object in
     *          base 10.
     */
    public String toString() {
	return String.valueOf((int)value);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a hash code for this <code>Byte</code>.
     */
    public int hashCode() {
	return (int)value;
    }

    /**
     * Compares this object to the specified object.  The result is
     * <code>true</code> if and only if the argument is not
     * <code>null</code> and is a <code>Byte</code> object that
     * contains the same <code>byte</code> value as this object.
     *
     * @param obj	the object to compare with
     * @return 		<code>true</code> if the objects are the same;
     * 			<code>false</code> otherwise.
     */
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
	if (obj instanceof Byte) {
	    return value == ((Byte)obj).byteValue();
	}
	return false;
    }

    /**
     * Compares two <code>Byte</code> objects numerically.
     *
     * @param   anotherByte   the <code>Byte</code> to be compared.
     * @return	the value <code>0</code> if this <code>Byte</code> is
     * 		equal to the argument <code>Byte</code>; a value less than
     * 		<code>0</code> if this <code>Byte</code> is numerically less
     * 		than the argument <code>Byte</code>; and a value greater than
     * 		 <code>0</code> if this <code>Byte</code> is numerically
     * 		 greater than the argument <code>Byte</code> (signed
     * 		 comparison).
     * @since   1.2
     */
    public int compareTo(Byte anotherByte) {
	return this.value - anotherByte.value;
    }

    /**
     * The number of bits used to represent a <tt>byte</tt> value in two's
     * complement binary form.
     *
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final int SIZE = 8;

    /** use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.1. for interoperability */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -7183698231559129828L;

}