com.hfg.math

Class RomanNumeral

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Number

com.hfg.math.RomanNumeral

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<RomanNumeral>

public class RomanNumeral
extends Number
implements Comparable<RomanNumeral>

Roman numeral representation. The current implementation works for numbers up to 4000.

Ex: given RomanNumeral num = new RomanNumeral(1944);

num.toString() will be equal to "MCMXLIV".

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RomanNumeral(int inValue) Create a RomanNumeral object from an integer value.
RomanNumeral(String inValue) Create a RomanNumeral object from a Roman numeral string such as "MCMXLIV".

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compareTo(RomanNumeral inObj) Numerically compares two RomanNumeral objects.
double	doubleValue()
float	floatValue()
int	getIntValue() Deprecated. use intValue()
int	intValue()
long	longValue()
String	toString() Returns the Roman numeral string value of the Roman numeral.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Number

byteValue, shortValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

RomanNumeral

public RomanNumeral(int inValue)

Create a RomanNumeral object from an integer value.

RomanNumeral

public RomanNumeral(String inValue)

Create a RomanNumeral object from a Roman numeral string such as "MCMXLIV".

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Returns the Roman numeral string value of the Roman numeral.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getIntValue

public int getIntValue()

Deprecated. use intValue()

Returns the integer value of the Roman numeral.

intValue

public int intValue()

Specified by:

intValue in class Number

longValue

public long longValue()

Specified by:

longValue in class Number

floatValue

public float floatValue()

Specified by:

floatValue in class Number

doubleValue

public double doubleValue()

Specified by:

doubleValue in class Number

compareTo

public int compareTo(RomanNumeral inObj)

Numerically compares two RomanNumeral objects.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<RomanNumeral>