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25 
26 package jdk.internal.math;
27 
28 import static java.lang.Float.MIN_EXPONENT;
29 import static java.lang.Float.PRECISION;
30 import static java.lang.Float.SIZE;
31 
32 /**
33  * This class contains additional constants documenting limits of the
34  * {@code float} type.
35  *
36  * @author Joseph D. Darcy
37  */
38 
39 public class FloatConsts {
40     /**
41      * Don't let anyone instantiate this class.
42      */
FloatConsts()43     private FloatConsts() {}
44 
45     public static final float POSITIVE_INFINITY = java.lang.Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
46     public static final float NEGATIVE_INFINITY = java.lang.Float.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
47     public static final float NaN = java.lang.Float.NaN;
48     public static final float MAX_VALUE = java.lang.Float.MAX_VALUE;
49     public static final float MIN_VALUE = java.lang.Float.MIN_VALUE;
50 
51     /**
52      * A constant holding the smallest positive normal value of type
53      * <code>float</code>, 2<sup>-126</sup>.  It is equal to the value
54      * returned by <code>Float.intBitsToFloat(0x00800000)</code>.
55      */
56     public static final float   MIN_NORMAL      = 1.17549435E-38f;
57 
58     /**
59      * The number of logical bits in the significand of a
60      * {@code float} number, including the implicit bit.
61      */
62     public static final int SIGNIFICAND_WIDTH = PRECISION;
63 
64     /**
65      * Maximum exponent a finite <code>float</code> number may have.
66      * It is equal to the value returned by
67      * <code>Math.ilogb(Float.MAX_VALUE)</code>.
68      */
69     public static final int     MAX_EXPONENT    = 127;
70 
71     /**
72      * Minimum exponent a normalized <code>float</code> number may
73      * have.  It is equal to the value returned by
74      * <code>Math.ilogb(Float.MIN_NORMAL)</code>.
75      */
76     public static final int     MIN_EXPONENT    = -126;
77 
78     /**
79      * The exponent the smallest positive {@code float}
80      * subnormal value would have if it could be normalized.
81      */
82     public static final int MIN_SUB_EXPONENT =
83             MIN_EXPONENT - (SIGNIFICAND_WIDTH - 1); // -149
84 
85     /**
86      * Bias used in representing a {@code float} exponent.
87      */
88     public static final int EXP_BIAS =
89             (1 << (SIZE - SIGNIFICAND_WIDTH - 1)) - 1; // 127
90 
91     /**
92      * Bit mask to isolate the sign bit of a {@code float}.
93      */
94     public static final int SIGN_BIT_MASK = 1 << (SIZE - 1);
95 
96     /**
97      * Bit mask to isolate the exponent field of a {@code float}.
98      */
99     public static final int EXP_BIT_MASK =
100             ((1 << (SIZE - SIGNIFICAND_WIDTH)) - 1) << (SIGNIFICAND_WIDTH - 1);
101 
102     /**
103      * Bit mask to isolate the significand field of a {@code float}.
104      */
105     public static final int SIGNIF_BIT_MASK = (1 << (SIGNIFICAND_WIDTH - 1)) - 1;
106 
107     /**
108      * Bit mask to isolate the magnitude bits (combined exponent and
109      * significand fields) of a {@code float}.
110      */
111     public static final int MAG_BIT_MASK = EXP_BIT_MASK | SIGNIF_BIT_MASK;
112 
113     static {
114         // verify bit masks cover all bit positions and that the bit
115         // masks are non-overlapping
116         assert(((SIGN_BIT_MASK | EXP_BIT_MASK | SIGNIF_BIT_MASK) == ~0) &&
117                (((SIGN_BIT_MASK & EXP_BIT_MASK) == 0) &&
118                 ((SIGN_BIT_MASK & SIGNIF_BIT_MASK) == 0) &&
119                 ((EXP_BIT_MASK & SIGNIF_BIT_MASK) == 0)) &&
120                 ((SIGN_BIT_MASK | MAG_BIT_MASK) == ~0));
121     }
122 }
123