public final class

Integer

extends Object
java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.lang.Integer

Class Overview

The Integer class wraps a value of the primitive type int in an object. An object of type Integer contains a single field whose type is int.

In addition, this class provides several methods for converting an int to a String and a String to an int, as well as other constants and methods useful when dealing with an int.

Summary

Constants
int MAX_VALUE The largest value of type int.
int MIN_VALUE The smallest value of type int.
Public Constructors
Integer(int value)
Constructs a newly allocated Integer object that represents the primitive int argument.
Public Methods
byte byteValue()
Returns the value of this Integer as a byte.
boolean equals(Object obj)
Compares this object to the specified object.
int hashCode()
Returns a hashcode for this Integer.
int intValue()
Returns the value of this Integer as an int.
long longValue()
Returns the value of this Integer as a long.
static int parseInt(String s)
Parses the string argument as a signed decimal integer.
static int parseInt(String s, int radix)
Parses the string argument as a signed integer in the radix specified by the second argument.
short shortValue()
Returns the value of this Integer as a short.
static String toBinaryString(int i)
Creates a string representation of the integer argument as an unsigned integer in base 2.
static String toHexString(int i)
Creates a string representation of the integer argument as an unsigned integer in base 16.
static String toOctalString(int i)
Creates a string representation of the integer argument as an unsigned integer in base 8.
String toString()
Returns a String object representing this Integer's value.
static String toString(int i)
Returns a new String object representing the specified integer.
static String toString(int i, int radix)
Creates a string representation of the first argument in the radix specified by the second argument.
static Integer valueOf(String s)
Returns a new Integer object initialized to the value of the specified String.
static Integer valueOf(String s, int radix)
Returns a new Integer object initialized to the value of the specified String.
static Integer valueOf(int i)
Returns an Integer instance representing the specified int value.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Constants

public static final int MAX_VALUE

The largest value of type int. The constant value of this field is 2147483647.

Constant Value: 2147483647 (0x7fffffff)

public static final int MIN_VALUE

The smallest value of type int. The constant value of this field is -2147483648.

Constant Value: -2147483648 (0x80000000)

Public Constructors

public Integer (int value)

Constructs a newly allocated Integer object that represents the primitive int argument.

Parameters
value the value to be represented by the Integer.

Public Methods

public byte byteValue ()

Returns the value of this Integer as a byte.

Returns
  • the value of this Integer as a byte.

public boolean equals (Object obj)

Compares this object to the specified object. The result is true if and only if the argument is not null and is an Integer object that contains the same int value as this object.

Parameters
obj the object to compare with.
Returns
  • true if the objects are the same; false otherwise.

public int hashCode ()

Returns a hashcode for this Integer.

Returns
  • a hash code value for this object, equal to the primitive int value represented by this Integer object.

public int intValue ()

Returns the value of this Integer as an int.

Returns
  • the int value represented by this object.

public long longValue ()

Returns the value of this Integer as a long.

Returns
  • the int value represented by this object that is converted to type long and the result of the conversion is returned.

public static int parseInt (String s)

Parses the string argument as a signed decimal integer. The characters in the string must all be decimal digits, except that the first character may be an ASCII minus sign '-' ( '\u002d') to indicate a negative value. The resulting integer value is returned, exactly as if the argument and the radix 10 were given as arguments to the parseInt(java.lang.String, int) method.

Parameters
s a string.
Returns
  • the integer represented by the argument in decimal.
Throws
NumberFormatException if the string does not contain a parsable integer.

public static int parseInt (String s, int radix)

Parses the string argument as a signed integer in the radix specified by the second argument. The characters in the string must all be digits of the specified radix (as determined by whether digit(char, int) returns a nonnegative value), except that the first character may be an ASCII minus sign '-' ('\u002d') to indicate a negative value. The resulting integer value is returned.

An exception of type NumberFormatException is thrown if any of the following situations occurs:

  • The first argument is null or is a string of length zero.
  • The radix is either smaller than MIN_RADIX or larger than MAX_RADIX.
  • Any character of the string is not a digit of the specified radix, except that the first character may be a minus sign '-' ( '\u002d') provided that the string is longer than length 1.
  • The integer value represented by the string is not a value of type int.

Examples:

 parseInt("0", 10) returns 0
 parseInt("473", 10) returns 473
 parseInt("-0", 10) returns 0
 parseInt("-FF", 16) returns -255
 parseInt("1100110", 2) returns 102
 parseInt("2147483647", 10) returns 2147483647
 parseInt("-2147483648", 10) returns -2147483648
 parseInt("2147483648", 10) throws a NumberFormatException
 parseInt("99", 8) throws a NumberFormatException
 parseInt("Kona", 10) throws a NumberFormatException
 parseInt("Kona", 27) returns 411787
 

Parameters
s the String containing the integer.
radix the radix to be used.
Returns
  • the integer represented by the string argument in the specified radix.
Throws
NumberFormatException if the string does not contain a parsable integer.

public short shortValue ()

Returns the value of this Integer as a short.

Returns
  • the value of this Integer as a short.

public static String toBinaryString (int i)

Creates a string representation of the integer argument as an unsigned integer in base 2.

The unsigned integer value is the argument plus 232if the argument is negative; otherwise it is equal to the argument. This value is converted to a string of ASCII digits in binary (base 2) with no extra leading 0s. If the unsigned magnitude is zero, it is represented by a single zero character '0' ( '\u0030'); otherwise, the first character of the representation of the unsigned magnitude will not be the zero character. The characters '0' ('\u0030') and '1' ( '\u0031') are used as binary digits.

Parameters
i an integer.
Returns
  • the string representation of the unsigned integer value represented by the argument in binary (base 2).

public static String toHexString (int i)

Creates a string representation of the integer argument as an unsigned integer in base 16.

The unsigned integer value is the argument plus 232 if the argument is negative; otherwise, it is equal to the argument. This value is converted to a string of ASCII digits in hexadecimal (base 16) with no extra leading 0s. If the unsigned magnitude is zero, it is represented by a single zero character '0' ( '\u0030'); otherwise, the first character of the representation of the unsigned magnitude will not be the zero character. The following characters are used as hexadecimal digits:

 0123456789abcdef
 
These are the characters '\u0030' through '\u0039' and 'u\0039' through '\u0066'.

Parameters
i an integer.
Returns
  • the string representation of the unsigned integer value represented by the argument in hexadecimal (base 16).

public static String toOctalString (int i)

Creates a string representation of the integer argument as an unsigned integer in base 8.

The unsigned integer value is the argument plus 232 if the argument is negative; otherwise, it is equal to the argument. This value is converted to a string of ASCII digits in octal (base 8) with no extra leading 0s.

If the unsigned magnitude is zero, it is represented by a single zero character '0' ('\u0030'); otherwise, the first character of the representation of the unsigned magnitude will not be the zero character. The octal digits are:

 01234567
 
These are the characters '\u0030' through '\u0037'.

Parameters
i an integer
Returns
  • the string representation of the unsigned integer value represented by the argument in octal (base 8).

public String toString ()

Returns a String object representing this Integer's value. The value is converted to signed decimal representation and returned as a string, exactly as if the integer value were given as an argument to the toString(int) method.

Returns
  • a string representation of the value of this object in base 10.

public static String toString (int i)

Returns a new String object representing the specified integer. The argument is converted to signed decimal representation and returned as a string, exactly as if the argument and radix 10 were given as arguments to the toString(int, int) method.

Parameters
i an integer to be converted.
Returns
  • a string representation of the argument in base 10.

public static String toString (int i, int radix)

Creates a string representation of the first argument in the radix specified by the second argument.

If the radix is smaller than Character.MIN_RADIX or larger than Character.MAX_RADIX, then the radix 10 is used instead.

If the first argument is negative, the first element of the result is the ASCII minus character '-' ('\u002d'). If the first argument is not negative, no sign character appears in the result.

The remaining characters of the result represent the magnitude of the first argument. If the magnitude is zero, it is represented by a single zero character '0' ('\u0030'); otherwise, the first character of the representation of the magnitude will not be the zero character. The following ASCII characters are used as digits:

   0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
 
These are '\u0030' through '\u0039' and '\u0061' through '\u007a'. If the radix is N, then the first N of these characters are used as radix-N digits in the order shown. Thus, the digits for hexadecimal (radix 16) are
 0123456789abcdef.
 

Parameters
i an integer.
radix the radix.
Returns
  • a string representation of the argument in the specified radix.

public static Integer valueOf (String s)

Returns a new Integer object initialized to the value of the specified String. The argument is interpreted as representing a signed decimal integer, exactly as if the argument were given to the parseInt(java.lang.String) method. The result is an Integer object that represents the integer value specified by the string.

In other words, this method returns an Integer object equal to the value of:

 new Integer(Integer.parseInt(s))
 

Parameters
s the string to be parsed.
Returns
  • a newly constructed Integer initialized to the value represented by the string argument.
Throws
NumberFormatException if the string cannot be parsed as an integer.

public static Integer valueOf (String s, int radix)

Returns a new Integer object initialized to the value of the specified String. The first argument is interpreted as representing a signed integer in the radix specified by the second argument, exactly as if the arguments were given to the parseInt(java.lang.String, int) method. The result is an Integer object that represents the integer value specified by the string.

In other words, this method returns an Integer object equal to the value of:

 new Integer(Integer.parseInt(s, radix))
 

Parameters
s the string to be parsed.
radix the radix of the integer represented by string s
Returns
  • a newly constructed Integer initialized to the value represented by the string argument in the specified radix.
Throws
NumberFormatException if the String cannot be parsed as an int.

public static Integer valueOf (int i)

Returns an Integer instance representing the specified int value. If a new Integer instance is not required, this method should generally be used in preference to the constructor Integer(int), as this method is likely to yield significantly better space and time performance by caching frequently requested values.

Parameters
i an int value.
Returns
  • an Integer instance representing i.