Method toFloatValue

CodenameOne/src/com/codename1/io/Util.java:2512–2543

(Object number)

    ///
    /// a float value or an exception
    public static float toFloatValue(Object number) {
        // we should convert this to use Number
        if (number instanceof Float) {
            return ((Float) number).floatValue();
        }
        if (number instanceof Long) {
            return ((Long) number).floatValue();
        }
        if (number instanceof Integer) {
            return ((Integer) number).floatValue();
        }
        if (number instanceof String) {
            return Float.parseFloat((String) number);
        }
        if (number instanceof Double) {
            return ((Double) number).floatValue();
        }
        /*if(number instanceof Short) {
            return ((Short)number).floatValue();
        }
        if(number instanceof Byte) {
            return ((Byte)number).floatValue();
        }*/
        if (number instanceof Boolean) {
            Boolean b = (Boolean) number;
            if (b.booleanValue()) {
                return 1;
            }
            return 0;
        }
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not a number: " + number);
    }

    /// Returns the number object as a double
    ///