rt/emul/mini/src/main/java/java/lang/Byte.java
author Jaroslav Tulach <jaroslav.tulach@apidesign.org>
Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:54:16 +0100
changeset 772 d382dacfd73f
parent 554 emul/mini/src/main/java/java/lang/Byte.java@05224402145d
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Moving modules around so the runtime is under one master pom and can be built without building other modules that are in the repository
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/*
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 * Copyright (c) 1996, 2009, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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 *
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 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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 *
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package java.lang;
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/**
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 *
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 * The {@code Byte} class wraps a value of primitive type {@code byte}
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 * in an object.  An object of type {@code Byte} contains a single
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 * field whose type is {@code byte}.
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 *
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 * <p>In addition, this class provides several methods for converting
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 * a {@code byte} to a {@code String} and a {@code String} to a {@code
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 * byte}, as well as other constants and methods useful when dealing
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 * with a {@code byte}.
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 *
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 * @author  Nakul Saraiya
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 * @author  Joseph D. Darcy
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 * @see     java.lang.Number
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 * @since   JDK1.1
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 */
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public final class Byte extends Number implements Comparable<Byte> {
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    /**
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     * A constant holding the minimum value a {@code byte} can
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     * have, -2<sup>7</sup>.
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     */
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    public static final byte   MIN_VALUE = -128;
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    /**
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     * A constant holding the maximum value a {@code byte} can
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     * have, 2<sup>7</sup>-1.
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     */
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    public static final byte   MAX_VALUE = 127;
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    /**
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     * The {@code Class} instance representing the primitive type
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     * {@code byte}.
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     */
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    public static final Class<Byte>     TYPE = (Class<Byte>) Class.getPrimitiveClass("byte");
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    /**
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     * Returns a new {@code String} object representing the
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     * specified {@code byte}. The radix is assumed to be 10.
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     *
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     * @param b the {@code byte} to be converted
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     * @return the string representation of the specified {@code byte}
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     * @see java.lang.Integer#toString(int)
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     */
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    public static String toString(byte b) {
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        return Integer.toString((int)b, 10);
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    }
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    private static class ByteCache {
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        private ByteCache(){}
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        static final Byte cache[] = new Byte[-(-128) + 127 + 1];
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        static {
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            for(int i = 0; i < cache.length; i++)
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                cache[i] = new Byte((byte)(i - 128));
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        }
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    }
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    /**
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     * Returns a {@code Byte} instance representing the specified
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     * {@code byte} value.
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     * If a new {@code Byte} instance is not required, this method
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     * should generally be used in preference to the constructor
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     * {@link #Byte(byte)}, as this method is likely to yield
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     * significantly better space and time performance since
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     * all byte values are cached.
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     *
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     * @param  b a byte value.
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     * @return a {@code Byte} instance representing {@code b}.
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     * @since  1.5
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     */
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    public static Byte valueOf(byte b) {
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        final int offset = 128;
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        return ByteCache.cache[(int)b + offset];
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    }
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    /**
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     * Parses the string argument as a signed {@code byte} in the
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     * radix specified by the second argument. The characters in the
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     * string must all be digits, of the specified radix (as
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     * determined by whether {@link java.lang.Character#digit(char,
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     * int)} returns a nonnegative value) except that the first
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     * character may be an ASCII minus sign {@code '-'}
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     * (<code>'&#92;u002D'</code>) to indicate a negative value or an
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     * ASCII plus sign {@code '+'} (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>) to
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     * indicate a positive value.  The resulting {@code byte} value is
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     * returned.
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     *
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     * <p>An exception of type {@code NumberFormatException} is
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     * thrown if any of the following situations occurs:
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     * <ul>
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     * <li> The first argument is {@code null} or is a string of
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     * length zero.
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     *
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     * <li> The radix is either smaller than {@link
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     * java.lang.Character#MIN_RADIX} or larger than {@link
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     * java.lang.Character#MAX_RADIX}.
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     *
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     * <li> Any character of the string is not a digit of the
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     * specified radix, except that the first character may be a minus
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     * sign {@code '-'} (<code>'&#92;u002D'</code>) or plus sign
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     * {@code '+'} (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>) provided that the
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     * string is longer than length 1.
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     *
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     * <li> The value represented by the string is not a value of type
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     * {@code byte}.
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     * </ul>
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     *
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     * @param s         the {@code String} containing the
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     *                  {@code byte}
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     *                  representation to be parsed
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     * @param radix     the radix to be used while parsing {@code s}
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     * @return          the {@code byte} value represented by the string
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     *                   argument in the specified radix
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     * @throws          NumberFormatException If the string does
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     *                  not contain a parsable {@code byte}.
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     */
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    public static byte parseByte(String s, int radix)
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        throws NumberFormatException {
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        int i = Integer.parseInt(s, radix);
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        if (i < MIN_VALUE || i > MAX_VALUE)
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            throw new NumberFormatException(
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                "Value out of range. Value:\"" + s + "\" Radix:" + radix);
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        return (byte)i;
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    }
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    /**
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     * Parses the string argument as a signed decimal {@code
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     * byte}. The characters in the string must all be decimal digits,
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     * except that the first character may be an ASCII minus sign
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     * {@code '-'} (<code>'&#92;u002D'</code>) to indicate a negative
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     * value or an ASCII plus sign {@code '+'}
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     * (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>) to indicate a positive value. The
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     * resulting {@code byte} value is returned, exactly as if the
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     * argument and the radix 10 were given as arguments to the {@link
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     * #parseByte(java.lang.String, int)} method.
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     *
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     * @param s         a {@code String} containing the
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     *                  {@code byte} representation to be parsed
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     * @return          the {@code byte} value represented by the
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     *                  argument in decimal
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     * @throws          NumberFormatException if the string does not
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     *                  contain a parsable {@code byte}.
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     */
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    public static byte parseByte(String s) throws NumberFormatException {
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        return parseByte(s, 10);
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    }
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    /**
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     * Returns a {@code Byte} object holding the value
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     * extracted from the specified {@code String} when parsed
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     * with the radix given by the second argument. The first argument
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     * is interpreted as representing a signed {@code byte} in
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     * the radix specified by the second argument, exactly as if the
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     * argument were given to the {@link #parseByte(java.lang.String,
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     * int)} method. The result is a {@code Byte} object that
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     * represents the {@code byte} value specified by the string.
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     *
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     * <p> In other words, this method returns a {@code Byte} object
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     * equal to the value of:
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     *
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     * <blockquote>
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     * {@code new Byte(Byte.parseByte(s, radix))}
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     * </blockquote>
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     *
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     * @param s         the string to be parsed
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     * @param radix     the radix to be used in interpreting {@code s}
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     * @return          a {@code Byte} object holding the value
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     *                  represented by the string argument in the
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     *                  specified radix.
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     * @throws          NumberFormatException If the {@code String} does
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     *                  not contain a parsable {@code byte}.
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     */
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    public static Byte valueOf(String s, int radix)
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        throws NumberFormatException {
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        return valueOf(parseByte(s, radix));
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    }
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    /**
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     * Returns a {@code Byte} object holding the value
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     * given by the specified {@code String}. The argument is
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     * interpreted as representing a signed decimal {@code byte},
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     * exactly as if the argument were given to the {@link
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     * #parseByte(java.lang.String)} method. The result is a
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     * {@code Byte} object that represents the {@code byte}
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     * value specified by the string.
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     *
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     * <p> In other words, this method returns a {@code Byte} object
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     * equal to the value of:
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     *
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     * <blockquote>
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     * {@code new Byte(Byte.parseByte(s))}
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     * </blockquote>
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     *
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     * @param s         the string to be parsed
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     * @return          a {@code Byte} object holding the value
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     *                  represented by the string argument
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     * @throws          NumberFormatException If the {@code String} does
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     *                  not contain a parsable {@code byte}.
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     */
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    public static Byte valueOf(String s) throws NumberFormatException {
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        return valueOf(s, 10);
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    }
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    /**
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     * Decodes a {@code String} into a {@code Byte}.
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     * Accepts decimal, hexadecimal, and octal numbers given by
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     * the following grammar:
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     *
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     * <blockquote>
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     * <dl>
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     * <dt><i>DecodableString:</i>
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     * <dd><i>Sign<sub>opt</sub> DecimalNumeral</i>
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     * <dd><i>Sign<sub>opt</sub></i> {@code 0x} <i>HexDigits</i>
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     * <dd><i>Sign<sub>opt</sub></i> {@code 0X} <i>HexDigits</i>
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     * <dd><i>Sign<sub>opt</sub></i> {@code #} <i>HexDigits</i>
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     * <dd><i>Sign<sub>opt</sub></i> {@code 0} <i>OctalDigits</i>
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     * <p>
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     * <dt><i>Sign:</i>
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     * <dd>{@code -}
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     * <dd>{@code +}
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     * </dl>
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     * </blockquote>
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     *
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     * <i>DecimalNumeral</i>, <i>HexDigits</i>, and <i>OctalDigits</i>
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     * are as defined in section 3.10.1 of
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     * <cite>The Java&trade; Language Specification</cite>,
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     * except that underscores are not accepted between digits.
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     *
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     * <p>The sequence of characters following an optional
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     * sign and/or radix specifier ("{@code 0x}", "{@code 0X}",
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     * "{@code #}", or leading zero) is parsed as by the {@code
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     * Byte.parseByte} method with the indicated radix (10, 16, or 8).
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     * This sequence of characters must represent a positive value or
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     * a {@link NumberFormatException} will be thrown.  The result is
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     * negated if first character of the specified {@code String} is
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     * the minus sign.  No whitespace characters are permitted in the
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     * {@code String}.
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     *
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     * @param     nm the {@code String} to decode.
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     * @return   a {@code Byte} object holding the {@code byte}
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     *          value represented by {@code nm}
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     * @throws  NumberFormatException  if the {@code String} does not
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     *            contain a parsable {@code byte}.
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     * @see java.lang.Byte#parseByte(java.lang.String, int)
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     */
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    public static Byte decode(String nm) throws NumberFormatException {
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        int i = Integer.decode(nm);
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        if (i < MIN_VALUE || i > MAX_VALUE)
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            throw new NumberFormatException(
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                    "Value " + i + " out of range from input " + nm);
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        return valueOf((byte)i);
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    }
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    /**
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     * The value of the {@code Byte}.
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     *
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     * @serial
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     */
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    private final byte value;
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    /**
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     * Constructs a newly allocated {@code Byte} object that
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     * represents the specified {@code byte} value.
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     *
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     * @param value     the value to be represented by the
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     *                  {@code Byte}.
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     */
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    public Byte(byte value) {
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        this.value = value;
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    }
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    /**
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     * Constructs a newly allocated {@code Byte} object that
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     * represents the {@code byte} value indicated by the
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     * {@code String} parameter. The string is converted to a
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     * {@code byte} value in exactly the manner used by the
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     * {@code parseByte} method for radix 10.
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     *
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     * @param s         the {@code String} to be converted to a
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     *                  {@code Byte}
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     * @throws           NumberFormatException If the {@code String}
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     *                  does not contain a parsable {@code byte}.
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     * @see        java.lang.Byte#parseByte(java.lang.String, int)
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     */
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    public Byte(String s) throws NumberFormatException {
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        this.value = parseByte(s, 10);
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    }
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    /**
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     * Returns the value of this {@code Byte} as a
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     * {@code byte}.
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     */
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    public byte byteValue() {
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        return value;
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    }
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    /**
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     * Returns the value of this {@code Byte} as a
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     * {@code short}.
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     */
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    public short shortValue() {
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        return (short)value;
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    }
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    /**
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     * Returns the value of this {@code Byte} as an
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     * {@code int}.
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     */
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    public int intValue() {
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        return (int)value;
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    }
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    /**
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     * Returns the value of this {@code Byte} as a
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     * {@code long}.
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     */
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    public long longValue() {
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        return (long)value;
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    }
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    /**
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     * Returns the value of this {@code Byte} as a
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     * {@code float}.
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     */
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    public float floatValue() {
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        return (float)value;
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    }
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    /**
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     * Returns the value of this {@code Byte} as a
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     * {@code double}.
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     */
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    public double doubleValue() {
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        return (double)value;
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    }
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    /**
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     * Returns a {@code String} object representing this
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     * {@code Byte}'s value.  The value is converted to signed
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     * decimal representation and returned as a string, exactly as if
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     * the {@code byte} value were given as an argument to the
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     * {@link java.lang.Byte#toString(byte)} method.
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     *
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     * @return  a string representation of the value of this object in
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     *          base&nbsp;10.
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     */
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    public String toString() {
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        return Integer.toString((int)value);
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    }
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    /**
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     * Returns a hash code for this {@code Byte}; equal to the result
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     * of invoking {@code intValue()}.
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     *
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     * @return a hash code value for this {@code Byte}
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     */
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    public int hashCode() {
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        return (int)value;
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    }
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    /**
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     * Compares this object to the specified object.  The result is
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     * {@code true} if and only if the argument is not
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     * {@code null} and is a {@code Byte} object that
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     * contains the same {@code byte} value as this object.
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     *
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     *                  {@code false} otherwise.
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     */
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    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
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        if (obj instanceof Byte) {
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            return value == ((Byte)obj).byteValue();
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        }
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        return false;
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    }
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    /**
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     * Compares two {@code Byte} objects numerically.
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     *
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     * @return  the value {@code 0} if this {@code Byte} is
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     *          equal to the argument {@code Byte}; a value less than
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     *          {@code 0} if this {@code Byte} is numerically less
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     *          than the argument {@code Byte}; and a value greater than
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     *           {@code 0} if this {@code Byte} is numerically
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     *           greater than the argument {@code Byte} (signed
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     *           comparison).
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     * @since   1.2
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     */
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    public int compareTo(Byte anotherByte) {
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        return compare(this.value, anotherByte.value);
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    }
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    /**
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     * The value returned is identical to what would be returned by:
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     * <pre>
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     *    Byte.valueOf(x).compareTo(Byte.valueOf(y))
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     * </pre>
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     *
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     * @param  y the second {@code byte} to compare
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     * @return the value {@code 0} if {@code x == y};
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     *         a value less than {@code 0} if {@code x < y}; and
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     *         a value greater than {@code 0} if {@code x > y}
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     * @since 1.7
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     */
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    public static int compare(byte x, byte y) {
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        return x - y;
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    }
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    /**
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     * The number of bits used to represent a {@code byte} value in two's
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     * complement binary form.
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     *
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     */
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    public static final int SIZE = 8;
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    /** use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.1. for interoperability */
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    private static final long serialVersionUID = -7183698231559129828L;
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}