com.jrockit.memleak
Class LimitedNumber

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Number
      com.jrockit.memleak.LimitedNumber

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class LimitedNumber
extends java.lang.Number

A Number implementation to be used as return value for potentially expensive calculations. When the calculation cannot be completed within some given time or complexity limit, the value reached so far can be returned within a LimitedNumber that specifies that it was limited by an external limit.

Author:

mpersson

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static LimitedNumber	AT_LEAST_ZERO Convenience constant for zero, limited.
static LimitedNumber	EXACTLY_ZERO Convenience constant for zero, not limited.

Constructor Summary

LimitedNumber(java.lang.Number value, boolean limited)

Method Summary

double	doubleValue()
float	floatValue()
java.lang.Number	getValue()
int	intValue()
boolean	isLimited()
long	longValue()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Number

byteValue, shortValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

EXACTLY_ZERO

public static final LimitedNumber EXACTLY_ZERO

Convenience constant for zero, not limited.

AT_LEAST_ZERO

public static final LimitedNumber AT_LEAST_ZERO

Convenience constant for zero, limited.

Constructor Detail

LimitedNumber

public LimitedNumber(java.lang.Number value,
                     boolean limited)

Parameters:

value -

limited -

Method Detail

getValue

public java.lang.Number getValue()

Returns:

the Number

isLimited

public boolean isLimited()

Returns:

true iff this number was limited due to some limit

intValue

public int intValue()

Specified by:

intValue in class java.lang.Number

longValue

public long longValue()

Specified by:

longValue in class java.lang.Number

floatValue

public float floatValue()

Specified by:

floatValue in class java.lang.Number

doubleValue

public double doubleValue()

Specified by:

doubleValue in class java.lang.Number