Uses of Class
java.lang.Number

Packages that use Number

java.lang	Provides classes that are fundamental to the design of the Java programming language.
java.math	Provides classes for performing arbitrary-precision integer arithmetic (BigInteger) and arbitrary-precision decimal arithmetic (BigDecimal).
java.text	Provides classes and interfaces for handling text, dates, numbers, and messages in a manner independent of natural languages.

Uses of Number in java.lang

Subclasses of Number in java.lang

class	Byte The Byte class wraps a value of primitive type byte in an object.
class	Double The Double class wraps a value of the primitive type double in an object.
class	Float The Float class wraps a value of primitive type float in an object.
class	Integer The Integer class wraps a value of the primitive type int in an object.
class	Long The Long class wraps a value of the primitive type long in an object.
class	Short The Short class wraps a value of primitive type short in an object.

Uses of Number in java.math

Subclasses of Number in java.math

class	BigDecimal Immutable, arbitrary-precision signed decimal numbers.
class	BigInteger Immutable arbitrary-precision integers.

Uses of Number in java.text

Methods in java.text that return Number

Number	ChoiceFormat.parse(String text, ParsePosition status) Parses a Number from the input text.
Number	DecimalFormat.parse(String text, ParsePosition pos) Parses text from a string to produce a Number.
abstract Number	NumberFormat.parse(String source, ParsePosition parsePosition) Returns a Long if possible (e.g., within the range [Long.MIN_VALUE, Long.MAX_VALUE] and with no decimals), otherwise a Double.
Number	NumberFormat.parse(String source) Parses text from the beginning of the given string to produce a number.