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    1   /* VMFloat.java -- VM Specific Float methods
    2      Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation
    3   
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   37   
   38   package java.lang;
   39   
   40   import gnu.classpath.Configuration;
   41   
   42   /*
   43    * This class is a reference version, mainly for compiling a class library
   44    * jar.  It is likely that VM implementers replace this with their own
   45    * version that can communicate effectively with the VM.
   46    */
   47   
   48   /**
   49    * Code relocated from java.lang.Float by 
   50    * @author Dave Grove <groved@us.ibm.com>
   51    */
   52   final class VMFloat
   53   {
   54   
   55     /**
   56      * Load native routines necessary for this class.
   57      */
   58     static
   59     {
   60       if (Configuration.INIT_LOAD_LIBRARY)
   61         {
   62           System.loadLibrary("javalang");
   63         }
   64     }
   65   
   66     /**
   67      * Convert the float to the IEEE 754 floating-point "single format" bit
   68      * layout. Bit 31 (the most significant) is the sign bit, bits 30-23
   69      * (masked by 0x7f800000) represent the exponent, and bits 22-0
   70      * (masked by 0x007fffff) are the mantissa. This function collapses all
   71      * versions of NaN to 0x7fc00000. The result of this function can be used
   72      * as the argument to <code>Float.intBitsToFloat(int)</code> to obtain the
   73      * original <code>float</code> value.
   74      *
   75      * @param value the <code>float</code> to convert
   76      * @return the bits of the <code>float</code>
   77      * @see #intBitsToFloat(int)
   78      */
   79     static native int floatToIntBits(float value);
   80   
   81     /**
   82      * Convert the float to the IEEE 754 floating-point "single format" bit
   83      * layout. Bit 31 (the most significant) is the sign bit, bits 30-23
   84      * (masked by 0x7f800000) represent the exponent, and bits 22-0
   85      * (masked by 0x007fffff) are the mantissa. This function leaves NaN alone,
   86      * rather than collapsing to a canonical value. The result of this function
   87      * can be used as the argument to <code>Float.intBitsToFloat(int)</code> to
   88      * obtain the original <code>float</code> value.
   89      *
   90      * @param value the <code>float</code> to convert
   91      * @return the bits of the <code>float</code>
   92      * @see #intBitsToFloat(int)
   93      */
   94     static native int floatToRawIntBits(float value);
   95   
   96     /**
   97      * Convert the argument in IEEE 754 floating-point "single format" bit
   98      * layout to the corresponding float. Bit 31 (the most significant) is the
   99      * sign bit, bits 30-23 (masked by 0x7f800000) represent the exponent, and
  100      * bits 22-0 (masked by 0x007fffff) are the mantissa. This function leaves
  101      * NaN alone, so that you can recover the bit pattern with
  102      * <code>Float.floatToRawIntBits(float)</code>.
  103      *
  104      * @param bits the bits to convert
  105      * @return the <code>float</code> represented by the bits
  106      * @see #floatToIntBits(float)
  107      * @see #floatToRawIntBits(float)
  108      */
  109     static native float intBitsToFloat(int bits);
  110   
  111   } // class VMFloat

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