Class Short

lib/java/lang/Short.java:26–326

The wrapper for the primitive type short. @see java.lang.Number @since 1.1

 * @since 1.1
 */
public final class Short extends Number implements Comparable<Short> {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 7515723908773894738L;

    /**
     * The value which the receiver represents.
     */
    private final short value;

    /**
     * Constant for the maximum {@code short} value, 2<sup>15</sup>-1.
     */
    public static final short MAX_VALUE = (short) 0x7FFF;

    /**
     * Constant for the minimum {@code short} value, -2<sup>15</sup>.
     */
    public static final short MIN_VALUE = (short) 0x8000;

    /**
     * Constant for the number of bits needed to represent a {@code short} in
     * two's complement form.
     *
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final int SIZE = 16;

    /**
     * The {@link Class} object that represents the primitive type {@code
     * short}.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static final Class<Short> TYPE = (Class<Short>) new short[0]
            .getClass().getComponentType();

	// Note: This can't be set to "short.class", since *that* is
	// defined to be "java.lang.Short.TYPE";

    
    /**
     * Constructs a new {@code Short} from the specified string.
     *
     * @param string
     *            the string representation of a short value.
     * @throws NumberFormatException
     *             if {@code string} can not be decoded into a short value.
     * @see #parseShort(String)
     */
	public Short(String string) throws NumberFormatException {
		this(parseShort(string));
	}

    /**
     * Constructs a new {@code Short} with the specified primitive short value.
     *
     * @param value
     *            the primitive short value to store in the new instance.
     */