Module dev.civl.sarl

Package dev.civl.sarl.IF.number

Interface RationalNumber

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<Number>, Number

public interface RationalNumber
extends Number

An instance of this class represents a rational number.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
BigInteger	denominator()	Returns the denominator from a representation of this rational number as the quotient of two Java BigIntegers.
BigInteger	numerator()	Returns the numerator from a representation of this rational number as the quotient of two Java BigIntegers.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface dev.civl.sarl.IF.number.Number

atomString, isInfinite, isOne, isZero, numericalCompareTo, signum

Method Details

numerator

BigInteger numerator()

Returns the numerator from a representation of this rational number as the quotient of two Java BigIntegers.
If this number is infinite, it will return null;

Returns:

the numerator as a BigInteger

denominator

BigInteger denominator()

Returns the denominator from a representation of this rational number as the quotient of two Java BigIntegers.
If this number is infinite, it will return null;

Returns:

the denominator as a BigInteger