Re: True Integer, Double

Eric Sosman wrote:
> RC wrote:
>> Eric Sosman wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>     If that's what he was trying to say, he was mistaken.
>>> On Java 1.6.0_05-b13, `new Integer("1.0")' gives me
>>>
>>> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input 
>>> string: "1.0"
>>>
>>> ... so I don't think his "NumberFormatException couldn't catch
>>> it" meant "No exception is thrown."  (What it *did* mean is a
>>> mystery he's declined to elucidate.)
>>
>> We are not allows to use 1.6.x, yet.
>> Currently all our projects MUST use 1.5.x
> 
>     Um, what does that have to do with anything?  *ALL* of
> 
>     java.lang.NumberFormatException
>     java.text.NumberFormat
>     java.text.DecimalFormat
>     java.util.regex.Pattern
>     java.util.regex.Matcher
> 
> .... have been around since Java 1.4 if not earlier.

Plus, Java 5 enters its End-of-Life phase in a few months.

-- 
Lew