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Extends math for business mathematical classes. This package is intended for business mathematical use, not scientific use. See Commons Math for a more complete set of mathematical classes.
These classes are immutable, and therefore thread-safe.
Although Commons Math also exists, some basic mathematical functions are contained within Lang. These include classes to a Fraction class, various utilities for random numbers, and the flagship class, NumberUtils which contains a handful of classic number functions.
There are two aspects of this package that should be highlighted. The first is NumberUtils.createNumber(String), a method which does its best to convert a String into a Number object. You have no idea what type of Number it will return, so you should call the relevant xxxValue method when you reach the point of needing a number. NumberUtils also has a related NumberUtils.isCreatable(String) method.
Since:
2.0/**
 * <p>Extends {@link java.math} for business mathematical classes.
 * This package is intended for business mathematical use, not scientific use.
 * See <a href="http://commons.apache.org/math/">Commons Math</a> for a more complete set of mathematical classes.
 * These classes are immutable, and therefore thread-safe.</p>
 *
 * <p>Although Commons Math also exists, some basic mathematical functions are contained within Lang.
 * These include classes to a {@link org.apache.commons.lang3.math.Fraction} class, various utilities for random numbers, and the flagship class, {@link org.apache.commons.lang3.math.NumberUtils} which contains a handful of classic number functions.</p>
 *
 * <p>There are two aspects of this package that should be highlighted.
 * The first is {@link org.apache.commons.lang3.math.NumberUtils#createNumber(String)}, a method which does its best to convert a String into a {@link java.lang.Number} object.
 * You have no idea what type of Number it will return, so you should call the relevant <code>xxxValue</code> method when you reach the point of needing a number.
 * NumberUtils also has a related {@link org.apache.commons.lang3.math.NumberUtils#isCreatable(String)} method.</p>
 *
 * @since 2.0
 */
package org.apache.commons.lang3.math;