Package EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.misc

Class Fraction

java.lang.Object

EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.misc.Fraction

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Comparable

public class Fraction
extends Object
implements Cloneable, Comparable, Serializable

An immutable class representing fractions as pairs of longs. Fractions are always maintained in reduced form.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected long	denominator_
protected long	numerator_

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Fraction(long num, long den)	Create a Fraction equal in value to num / den
Fraction(Fraction f)	Create a fraction with the same value as Fraction f

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
double	asDouble()	Return the value of the Fraction as a double
Object	clone()
int	compareTo(long n)	return a number less, equal, or greater than zero reflecting whether this Fraction is less, equal or greater than n.
int	compareTo(Object other)	return a number less, equal, or greater than zero reflecting whether this Fraction is less, equal or greater than the value of Fraction other.
long	denominator()	Return the denominator
Fraction	dividedBy(long n)	return a Fraction representing this Fraction divided by n
Fraction	dividedBy(Fraction b)	return a Fraction representing this Fraction divided by b
boolean	equals(long n)
boolean	equals(Object other)
static long	gcd(long a, long b)	Compute the nonnegative greatest common divisor of a and b.
int	hashCode()
Fraction	inverse()	return a Fraction representing 1 / this Fraction
Fraction	minus(long n)	return a Fraction representing this Fraction minus n
Fraction	minus(Fraction b)	return a Fraction representing this Fraction minus b
Fraction	negative()	return a Fraction representing the negated value of this Fraction
long	numerator()	Return the numerator
Fraction	plus(long n)	return a Fraction representing this Fraction plus n
Fraction	plus(Fraction b)	return a Fraction representing this Fraction plus b
Fraction	times(long n)	return a Fraction representing this Fraction times n
Fraction	times(Fraction b)	return a Fraction representing this Fraction times b
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

numerator_

protected final long numerator_

denominator_

protected final long denominator_

Constructor Detail

Fraction

public Fraction(long num,
                long den)

Create a Fraction equal in value to num / den

Fraction

public Fraction(Fraction f)

Create a fraction with the same value as Fraction f

Method Detail

numerator

public final long numerator()

Return the numerator

denominator

public final long denominator()

Return the denominator

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

clone

public Object clone()

Overrides:

clone in class Object

asDouble

public double asDouble()

Return the value of the Fraction as a double

gcd

public static long gcd(long a,
                       long b)

Compute the nonnegative greatest common divisor of a and b. (This is needed for normalizing Fractions, but can be useful on its own.)

negative

public Fraction negative()

return a Fraction representing the negated value of this Fraction

inverse

public Fraction inverse()

return a Fraction representing 1 / this Fraction

plus

public Fraction plus(Fraction b)

return a Fraction representing this Fraction plus b

plus

public Fraction plus(long n)

return a Fraction representing this Fraction plus n

minus

public Fraction minus(Fraction b)

return a Fraction representing this Fraction minus b

minus

public Fraction minus(long n)

return a Fraction representing this Fraction minus n

times

public Fraction times(Fraction b)

return a Fraction representing this Fraction times b

times

public Fraction times(long n)

return a Fraction representing this Fraction times n

dividedBy

public Fraction dividedBy(Fraction b)

return a Fraction representing this Fraction divided by b

dividedBy

public Fraction dividedBy(long n)

return a Fraction representing this Fraction divided by n

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object other)

return a number less, equal, or greater than zero reflecting whether this Fraction is less, equal or greater than the value of Fraction other.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

compareTo

public int compareTo(long n)

return a number less, equal, or greater than zero reflecting whether this Fraction is less, equal or greater than n.

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(long n)

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object