Package ortus.boxlang.runtime.dynamic.casters

Class NumberCaster

java.lang.Object

ortus.boxlang.runtime.dynamic.casters.NumberCaster

All Implemented Interfaces:

IBoxCaster

public class NumberCaster
extends Object
implements IBoxCaster

I handle casting anything to a Number, but I will use the "smallest" number type possible So Integer, Long, Double, BigDecimal

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static boolean	booleansAreNumbers	If true, booleans will be treated as numbers, with true=1 and false=0 This is here for compat to toggle

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
NumberCaster()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static CastAttempt<Number>	attempt(Object object)	Tests to see if the value can be cast to a Number.
static CastAttempt<Number>	attempt(Object object, boolean castDates)	Tests to see if the value can be cast to a Number.
static Number	cast(boolean castDates, Object object)	Used to cast anything to a Number, throwing exception if we fail
static Number	cast(Object object)	Used to cast anything to a Number, throwing exception if we fail
static Number	cast(Object object, Boolean fail)	Used to cast anything to a Number
static Number	cast(Object object, Boolean fail, boolean castDates)	Used to cast anything to a Number

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

booleansAreNumbers

public static boolean booleansAreNumbers

If true, booleans will be treated as numbers, with true=1 and false=0 This is here for compat to toggle

Constructor Details

NumberCaster

public NumberCaster()

Method Details

attempt

public static CastAttempt<Number> attempt(Object object,
 boolean castDates)

Tests to see if the value can be cast to a Number. Returns a CastAttempt<T> which will contain the result if casting was was successfull, or can be interogated to proceed otherwise.

Parameters:

object - The value to cast to a Number

Returns:

The Number value

attempt

public static CastAttempt<Number> attempt(Object object)

Tests to see if the value can be cast to a Number. Returns a CastAttempt<T> which will contain the result if casting was was successfull, or can be interogated to proceed otherwise.

Parameters:

object - The value to cast to a Number

Returns:

The Number value

cast

public static Number cast(Object object)

Used to cast anything to a Number, throwing exception if we fail

Parameters:

object - The value to cast to a Number

Returns:

The Number value

cast

public static Number cast(boolean castDates,
 Object object)

Used to cast anything to a Number, throwing exception if we fail

Parameters:

object - The value to cast to a Number

Returns:

The Number value

cast

public static Number cast(Object object,
 Boolean fail)

Used to cast anything to a Number

Parameters:

object - The value to cast to a Number

fail - If true, throw exception if we fail

Returns:

The Number value

cast

public static Number cast(Object object,
 Boolean fail,
 boolean castDates)

Used to cast anything to a Number

Parameters:

object - The value to cast to a Number

fail - If true, throw exception if we fail

Returns:

The Number value