Class symantec.itools.db.beans.brl.derivation.PrimitiveDataTypes 
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Class symantec.itools.db.beans.brl.derivation.PrimitiveDataTypes 

Object
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   +----symantec.itools.db.beans.brl.derivation.PrimitiveDataTypes
public class PrimitiveDataTypes
extends Object
Class which describes different primitive types

Version:
1.0 07/23/98
Author:
Puru Balakrishnan

Variable Index

o BOOLEAN
o BYTE
o CHAR
variables which describe different primitive types
o DOUBLE
o FLOAT
o INTEGER
o LONG
o SHORT
o STRING

Method Index

o getPrefTypeForNumberCalculations(Object)
Method to return preferred promoted datatype for number calculations
o getPrimitiveType(Object)
Static method to return primitive datatype for a particular Object
o promoteToNumber(Object, int)
Method to return a promoted Object value of the specified datatype Use this method after getting the preferred type.

Variables

o BOOLEAN 
public static final int BOOLEAN
o BYTE 
public static final int BYTE
o CHAR 
public static final int CHAR
variables which describe different primitive types

o DOUBLE 
public static final int DOUBLE
o FLOAT 
public static final int FLOAT
o INTEGER 
public static final int INTEGER
o LONG 
public static final int LONG
o SHORT 
public static final int SHORT
o STRING 
public static final int STRING

Methods

o getPrefTypeForNumberCalculations 
public static int getPrefTypeForNumberCalculations(Object value)
Method to return preferred promoted datatype for number calculations

o getPrimitiveType 
public static int getPrimitiveType(Object obj)
Static method to return primitive datatype for a particular Object

o promoteToNumber 
public static java.lang.Number promoteToNumber(Object orig,
                                               int dataType)
Method to return a promoted Object value of the specified datatype Use this method after getting the preferred type. 

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