Uses of Class
java.lang.Number

Packages that use Number

java.lang
java.math	Provides classes for performing arbitrary-precision integer arithmetic (BigInteger) and arbitrary-precision decimal arithmetic (BigDecimal).
java.text

Uses of Number in java.lang

Subclasses of Number in java.lang

class	Byte The Byte class is the standard wrapper for byte values.
class	Double The Double class wraps a value of the primitive type double in an object.
class	Float The Float class wraps a value of primitive type float in an object.
class	Integer The Integer class wraps a value of the primitive type int in an object.
class	Long The Long class wraps a value of the primitive type long in an object.
class	Short The Short class is the standard wrapper for short values.

Uses of Number in java.math

Subclasses of Number in java.math

class	BigDecimal Immutable, arbitrary-precision signed decimal numbers.
class	BigInteger Immutable arbitrary-precision integers.

Uses of Number in java.text

Methods in java.text that return Number

Number	DecimalFormat.parse(String text, ParsePosition parsePosition) Returns an instance of Number with a value matching the given string.
Number	ChoiceFormat.parse(String text, ParsePosition status) Parses a Number from the input text.
abstract Number	NumberFormat.parse(String text, ParsePosition parsePosition) Returns a Long if possible (e.g., within the range [Long.MIN_VALUE, Long.MAX_VALUE] and with no decimals), otherwise a Double.
Number	NumberFormat.parse(String text) Convenience method.