net.sf.plist

Class NSNumber

java.lang.Object

net.sf.plist.NSObject

net.sf.plist.NSNumber

Direct Known Subclasses:

NSInteger, NSReal

public abstract class NSNumber
extends NSObject

Represents a number.
The NSNumber is either an NSInteger or a NSReal.

See Also:

Number

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NSNumber()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static NSNumber	createInstance(java.lang.Number number) Construct a NSInteger or NSReal.
java.lang.Number	getValue() Get the unmodifiable value of this object.
boolean	isTrue() Return whether or not the value evaluates to true.
abstract java.lang.Number	toNumber() Get the contents of this object as a Number.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.plist.NSObject

equals, hashCode, toBoolean, toBytes, toDate, toDouble, toInteger, toList, toLong, toMap, toStream, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

NSNumber

public NSNumber()

Method Detail

getValue

public java.lang.Number getValue()

Get the unmodifiable value of this object.

Specified by:

getValue in class NSObject

Returns:

the unmodifiable value of this object

See Also:

toNumber()

toNumber

public abstract java.lang.Number toNumber()

Get the contents of this object as a Number.

Overrides:

toNumber in class NSObject

Returns:

the Number

createInstance

public static NSNumber createInstance(java.lang.Number number)

Construct a NSInteger or NSReal.

Parameters:

number - The number.

isTrue

public final boolean isTrue()

Return whether or not the value evaluates to true.

A value returns to true if and only if

• it is the NSBoolean type NSBoolean.TRUE
• It is an NSString which has a length greater than zero and does not equal "NO" or "False" (case insensitive)
• It is an NSNumber greater than 0
• It is an NSCollection which contains more than zero elements
• It is an NSDate
• It is an NSData with a length greater than 0

Specified by:

isTrue in class NSObject

Returns:

the value evaluates to true