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org.hecl
Class DoubleThing

java.lang.Object
  org.hecl.NumberThing
      org.hecl.FractionalThing
          org.hecl.DoubleThing

The DoubleThing class represents a Thing that contains a double value.

Constructor Summary
`DoubleThing()` Creates a new `DoubleThing` instance equal to 0.
`DoubleThing(boolean b)` Creates a new `DoubleThing` instance from boolean b where true is 1 and false is 0.
`DoubleThing(double d)` Creates a new `DoubleThing` instance with value i.
`DoubleThing(java.lang.String s)` Creates a new `DoubleThing` instance from string s.

Method Summary
`byte`	`byteValue()` `byteValue` returns the number as a byte.
`static Thing`	`create(boolean b)` The `create` method creates and returns a newly allocated Thing with a DoubleThing internal representation.
`static Thing`	`create(double d)` The `create` method creates and returns a newly allocated Thing with a DoubleThing internal representation.
`RealThing`	`deepcopy()` `deepcopy` makes a copy.
`double`	`doubleValue()` `doubleValue` returns the value as a double.
`float`	`floatValue()` `floatValue` returns the value as a float.
`static double`	`get(Thing thing)` `get` attempts to fetch a double value from a Thing.
`java.lang.String`	`getStringRep()` `getStringRep` creates a string representation of the DoubleThing.
`int`	`intValue()` `intValue` returns the number as an int.
`long`	`longValue()` `longValue` returns the value as a long.
`void`	`set(double d)` `set` sets the internal value of a DoubleThing to i.
`short`	`shortValue()` `shortValue` returns the number as a short.
`java.lang.String`	`thingclass()`

Methods inherited from class org.hecl.FractionalThing
`isFractional, isIntegral`

Methods inherited from class org.hecl.NumberThing
`asNumber, create, isFractional, isIntegral, isNumber, isNumber`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

public DoubleThing()

Creates a new DoubleThing instance equal to 0.

public DoubleThing(double d)

Creates a new DoubleThing instance with value i.

public DoubleThing(boolean b)

Creates a new DoubleThing instance from boolean b where true is 1 and false is 0.

public DoubleThing(java.lang.String s)
            throws java.lang.NumberFormatException

Creates a new DoubleThing instance from string s.

Parameters:: s - a String value
Throws:: java.lang.NumberFormatException - when argum,ent does not adhere to floating point number syntax.

Method Detail

public java.lang.String thingclass()

public static Thing create(double d)

The create method creates and returns a newly allocated Thing with a DoubleThing internal representation.

public static Thing create(boolean b)

The create method creates and returns a newly allocated Thing with a DoubleThing internal representation.

public static double get(Thing thing)
                  throws HeclException

get attempts to fetch a double value from a Thing.