Primitive (DJUTILS - Delft Java Utilities 1.01.03 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.djutils.primitives.Primitive

```
public final class Primitive
extends Object
```
The Primitive class is a utility class to deal with primitives. Besides widening and unwidening this class casts and parses UTF8 strings into appropriate primitive classes.
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Author:

Peter Jacobs

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`static Object[]`	`cast(Class<?>[] classes, Object[] values)` casts a set of values to classes.
`static Object`	`cast(Class<?> clazz, Object object)` casts an object to a instance of clazz.
`static Class<?>`	`forName(String className)` returns the primitiveClass of the name given as defined by the Java VM class constants.
`static Class<?>`	`getPrimitive(Class<?> wrapperClass)` gets the primitive of the given wrapperClass.
`static Class<?>`	`getWrapper(Class<?> primitiveClass)` gets the wrapper of this primitive class.
`static Boolean`	`toBoolean(Object object)` casts an object to Boolean.
`static Byte`	`toByte(Object object)` casts an object to Byte.
`static Character`	`toCharacter(Object object)` casts an object to Character.
`static Double`	`toDouble(Object object)` casts an object to Double.
`static Float`	`toFloat(Object object)` casts an object to Float.
`static Integer`	`toInteger(Object object)` casts an object to Integer.
`static Long`	`toLong(Object object)` casts an object to Long.
`static Short`	`toShort(Object object)` casts an object to Short.

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

- Method Detail
  - cast
```
public static Object[] cast(Class<?>[] classes,
                            Object[] values)
```
    casts a set of values to classes.
    
    Parameters:
    
    classes - Class<?>[]; the classes to cast to
    
    values - Object[]; the values
    
    Returns:
    
    the newly creates values
  - cast
```
public static Object cast(Class<?> clazz,
                          Object object)
```
    casts an object to a instance of clazz.
    
    Parameters:
    
    clazz - Class<?>; the class to cast to
    
    object - Object; the object to cast
    
    Returns:
    
    the casted object
  - forName
```
public static Class<?> forName(String className)
```
    returns the primitiveClass of the name given as defined by the Java VM class constants. (i.e. both "int" and "I" return int.class). Both void and "V" return void.class. null is returned whenever an unknown className is given.
    
    Parameters:
    
    className - String; the className
    
    Returns:
    
    Class the primitiveClass
  - getPrimitive
```
public static Class<?> getPrimitive(Class<?> wrapperClass)
```
    gets the primitive of the given wrapperClass.
    
    Parameters:
    
    wrapperClass - Class<?>; the wrapper class
    
    Returns:
    
    the primitive Class. null is returned whenever wrapperClass is not a wrapperclass.
  - getWrapper
```
public static Class<?> getWrapper(Class<?> primitiveClass)
```
    gets the wrapper of this primitive class.
    
    Parameters:
    
    primitiveClass - Class<?>; the primitive class
    
    Returns:
    
    the Class. null is returned whenever wrapperClass is not a wrapperclass.
  - toBoolean
```
public static Boolean toBoolean(Object object)
```
    casts an object to Boolean.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - Object; the object
    
    Returns:
    
    Boolean
  - toByte
```
public static Byte toByte(Object object)
```
    casts an object to Byte.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - Object; the object
    
    Returns:
    
    Byte
  - toCharacter
```
public static Character toCharacter(Object object)
```
    casts an object to Character.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - Object; the object to parse
    
    Returns:
    
    Integer the result
  - toDouble
```
public static Double toDouble(Object object)
```
    casts an object to Double.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - Object; the object to parse
    
    Returns:
    
    Integer the result
  - toFloat
```
public static Float toFloat(Object object)
```
    casts an object to Float.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - Object; the object to parse
    
    Returns:
    
    Float the result
  - toLong
```
public static Long toLong(Object object)
```
    casts an object to Long.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - Object; the object to parse
    
    Returns:
    
    Long the result
  - toShort
```
public static Short toShort(Object object)
```
    casts an object to Short.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - Object; the object to parse
    
    Returns:
    
    Long the result
  - toInteger
```
public static Integer toInteger(Object object)
```
    casts an object to Integer.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - Object; the object to parse
    
    Returns:
    
    Integer the result

Class Primitive

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Method Detail

cast

cast

forName

getPrimitive

getWrapper

toBoolean

toByte

toCharacter

toDouble

toFloat

toLong

toShort

toInteger