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Diffstat (limited to 'json')
| -rw-r--r-- | json/src/main/java/org/json/JSONObject.java | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/json/src/main/java/org/json/JSONObject.java b/json/src/main/java/org/json/JSONObject.java index 4e03b5a..c2a656c 100644 --- a/json/src/main/java/org/json/JSONObject.java +++ b/json/src/main/java/org/json/JSONObject.java @@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ import java.util.Map; * be coerced using {@link Number#intValue() intValue}. Strings * that can be coerced using {@link Double#valueOf(String)} will be, * and then cast to int. - * <li>When the requested type is a long, other {@link Number} types will + * <li><a name="lossy">When the requested type is a long, other {@link Number} types will * be coerced using {@link Number#longValue() longValue}. Strings * that can be coerced using {@link Double#valueOf(String)} will be, * and then cast to long. This two-step conversion is lossy for very * large values. For example, the string "9223372036854775806" yields the - * long 9223372036854775807. + * long 9223372036854775807.</a> * <li>When the requested type is a String, other non-null values will be * coerced using {@link String#valueOf(Object)}. Although null cannot be * coerced, the sentinel value {@link JSONObject#NULL} is coerced to the @@ -468,7 +468,8 @@ public class JSONObject { /** * Returns the value mapped by {@code name} if it exists and is a long or - * can be coerced to a long. + * can be coerced to a long. Note that JSON represents numbers as doubles, + * so this is <a href="#lossy">lossy</a>; use strings to transfer numbers via JSON. * * @throws JSONException if the mapping doesn't exist or cannot be coerced * to a long. @@ -484,7 +485,8 @@ public class JSONObject { /** * Returns the value mapped by {@code name} if it exists and is a long or - * can be coerced to a long. Returns 0 otherwise. + * can be coerced to a long. Returns 0 otherwise. Note that JSON represents numbers as doubles, + * so this is <a href="#lossy">lossy</a>; use strings to transfer numbers via JSON. */ public long optLong(String name) { return optLong(name, 0L); @@ -492,7 +494,9 @@ public class JSONObject { /** * Returns the value mapped by {@code name} if it exists and is a long or - * can be coerced to a long. Returns {@code fallback} otherwise. + * can be coerced to a long. Returns {@code fallback} otherwise. Note that JSON represents + * numbers as doubles, so this is <a href="#lossy">lossy</a>; use strings to transfer + * numbers via JSON. */ public long optLong(String name, long fallback) { Object object = opt(name); |