Cast.java

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/*
 * Cast.java
 * Created: July 30, 2002
 * By: Bo Ilic
 */
package org.openquark.cal.internal.foreignsupport.module.Prelude;



/**
 * Holds onto some helpful casting functions. Note that these are not true Java casts since they are
 * converting from a Java reference type (Object) to a Java primitive type. Hence they cannot be
 * implemented directly using a foreign function declaration with a "cast" foreign resolver.
 * 
 * Creation date: (July 30, 2002) 
 * @author Bo Ilic   
 */
public final class Cast {

    private Cast() {
    }

    
    public static char objectToChar(Object object) {
        return ((Character) object).charValue();
    }
        
    public static boolean objectToBoolean(Object object) {
        return ((Boolean) object).booleanValue();
    }    
    
    public static byte objectToByte(Object object) {
        return ((Byte) object).byteValue();
    }
    
    public static short objectToShort(Object object) {
        return ((Short) object).shortValue();
    }
       
    public static int objectToInt(Object object) {
        return ((Integer) object).intValue();
    }    
   
    public static long objectToLong(Object object) {
        return ((Long) object).longValue();
    }
   
    public static float objectToFloat(Object object) {
        return ((Float) object).floatValue();
    }
   
    public static double objectToDouble(Object object) {
        return ((Double) object).doubleValue();
    }           
}