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25 
26 package sun.misc;
27 
28 /**
29  * This class contains additional constants documenting limits of the
30  * <code>float</code> type.
31  *
32  * @author Joseph D. Darcy
33  */
34 
35 public class FloatConsts {
36     /**
37      * Don't let anyone instantiate this class.
38      */
FloatConsts()39     private FloatConsts() {}
40 
41     public static final float POSITIVE_INFINITY = java.lang.Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
42     public static final float NEGATIVE_INFINITY = java.lang.Float.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
43     public static final float NaN = java.lang.Float.NaN;
44     public static final float MAX_VALUE = java.lang.Float.MAX_VALUE;
45     public static final float MIN_VALUE = java.lang.Float.MIN_VALUE;
46 
47     /**
48      * A constant holding the smallest positive normal value of type
49      * <code>float</code>, 2<sup>-126</sup>.  It is equal to the value
50      * returned by <code>Float.intBitsToFloat(0x00800000)</code>.
51      */
52     public static final float   MIN_NORMAL      = 1.17549435E-38f;
53 
54     /**
55      * The number of logical bits in the significand of a
56      * <code>float</code> number, including the implicit bit.
57      */
58     public static final int SIGNIFICAND_WIDTH   = 24;
59 
60     /**
61      * Maximum exponent a finite <code>float</code> number may have.
62      * It is equal to the value returned by
63      * <code>Math.ilogb(Float.MAX_VALUE)</code>.
64      */
65     public static final int     MAX_EXPONENT    = 127;
66 
67     /**
68      * Minimum exponent a normalized <code>float</code> number may
69      * have.  It is equal to the value returned by
70      * <code>Math.ilogb(Float.MIN_NORMAL)</code>.
71      */
72     public static final int     MIN_EXPONENT    = -126;
73 
74     /**
75      * The exponent the smallest positive <code>float</code> subnormal
76      * value would have if it could be normalized.  It is equal to the
77      * value returned by <code>FpUtils.ilogb(Float.MIN_VALUE)</code>.
78      */
79     public static final int     MIN_SUB_EXPONENT = MIN_EXPONENT -
80                                                    (SIGNIFICAND_WIDTH - 1);
81 
82     /**
83      * Bias used in representing a <code>float</code> exponent.
84      */
85     public static final int     EXP_BIAS        = 127;
86 
87     /**
88      * Bit mask to isolate the sign bit of a <code>float</code>.
89      */
90     public static final int     SIGN_BIT_MASK   = 0x80000000;
91 
92     /**
93      * Bit mask to isolate the exponent field of a
94      * <code>float</code>.
95      */
96     public static final int     EXP_BIT_MASK    = 0x7F800000;
97 
98     /**
99      * Bit mask to isolate the significand field of a
100      * <code>float</code>.
101      */
102     public static final int     SIGNIF_BIT_MASK = 0x007FFFFF;
103 
104     static {
105         // verify bit masks cover all bit positions and that the bit
106         // masks are non-overlapping
assert((SIGN_BIT_MASK | EXP_BIT_MASK | SIGNIF_BIT_MASK) == ~0) && (((SIGN_BIT_MASK & EXP_BIT_MASK) == 0) && ((SIGN_BIT_MASK & SIGNIF_BIT_MASK) == 0) && ((EXP_BIT_MASK & SIGNIF_BIT_MASK) == 0))107         assert(((SIGN_BIT_MASK | EXP_BIT_MASK | SIGNIF_BIT_MASK) == ~0) &&
108                (((SIGN_BIT_MASK & EXP_BIT_MASK) == 0) &&
109                 ((SIGN_BIT_MASK & SIGNIF_BIT_MASK) == 0) &&
110                 ((EXP_BIT_MASK & SIGNIF_BIT_MASK) == 0)));
111     }
112 }
113