CLASS java.lang.Number

Availability: JDK 1.0

public abstract class Number extends Object implements Serializable {
   // Default Constructor: public Number()
   // Public Instance Methods
1.1  public byte byteValue();
      public abstract double doubleValue();
      public abstract float floatValue();
      public abstract int intValue();
      public abstract long longValue();
1.1  public short shortValue();
}

Extended By:

BigDecimal, BigInteger, Byte, Double, Float, Integer, Long, Short.

Returned By:

ChoiceFormat.parse(), DecimalFormat.parse(), NumberFormat.parse().