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package/types/java/lang/Float/index.d.ts

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+import type { String } from "../String";
+
+import type { Object } from "../Object";
+import type { Number } from "../Number";
+import type { Comparable } from "../Comparable";
+import type { Class } from "../Class";
+
+/**
+ * The {@code Float} class wraps a value of primitive type
+ *  {@code float} in an object. An object of type
+ *  {@code Float} contains a single field whose type is
+ *  {@code float}.
+ *
+ *  <p>In addition, this class provides several methods for converting a
+ *  {@code float} to a {@code String} and a
+ *  {@code String} to a {@code float}, as well as other
+ *  constants and methods useful when dealing with a
+ *  {@code float}.
+ * @author Lee Boynton
+ * @author Arthur van Hoff
+ * @author Joseph D. Darcy
+ * @since JDK1.0
+ */
+export type Float = Number &
+  Comparable & {
+    /**
+     * Returns a string representation of the {@code float}
+     *  argument. All characters mentioned below are ASCII characters.
+     *  <ul>
+     *  <li>If the argument is NaN, the result is the string
+     *  "{@code NaN}".
+     *  <li>Otherwise, the result is a string that represents the sign and
+     *      magnitude (absolute value) of the argument. If the sign is
+     *      negative, the first character of the result is
+     *      '{@code -}' ({@code '\u002D'}); if the sign is
+     *      positive, no sign character appears in the result. As for
+     *      the magnitude <i>m</i>:
+     *  <ul>
+     *  <li>If <i>m</i> is infinity, it is represented by the characters
+     *      {@code "Infinity"}; thus, positive infinity produces
+     *      the result {@code "Infinity"} and negative infinity
+     *      produces the result {@code "-Infinity"}.
+     *  <li>If <i>m</i> is zero, it is represented by the characters
+     *      {@code "0.0"}; thus, negative zero produces the result
+     *      {@code "-0.0"} and positive zero produces the result
+     *      {@code "0.0"}.
+     *  <li> If <i>m</i> is greater than or equal to 10<sup>-3</sup> but
+     *       less than 10<sup>7</sup>, then it is represented as the
+     *       integer part of <i>m</i>, in decimal form with no leading
+     *       zeroes, followed by '{@code .}'
+     *       ({@code '\u002E'}), followed by one or more
+     *       decimal digits representing the fractional part of
+     *       <i>m</i>.
+     *  <li> If <i>m</i> is less than 10<sup>-3</sup> or greater than or
+     *       equal to 10<sup>7</sup>, then it is represented in
+     *       so-called "computerized scientific notation." Let <i>n</i>
+     *       be the unique integer such that 10<sup><i>n</i> </sup>&le;
+     *       <i>m</i> {@literal <} 10<sup><i>n</i>+1</sup>; then let <i>a</i>
+     *       be the mathematically exact quotient of <i>m</i> and
+     *       10<sup><i>n</i></sup> so that 1 &le; <i>a</i> {@literal <} 10.
+     *       The magnitude is then represented as the integer part of
+     *       <i>a</i>, as a single decimal digit, followed by
+     *       '{@code .}' ({@code '\u002E'}), followed by
+     *       decimal digits representing the fractional part of
+     *       <i>a</i>, followed by the letter '{@code E}'
+     *       ({@code '\u0045'}), followed by a representation
+     *       of <i>n</i> as a decimal integer, as produced by the
+     *       method {@link java.lang.Integer#toString(int)}.
+     *
+     *  </ul>
+     *  </ul>
+     *  How many digits must be printed for the fractional part of
+     *  <i>m</i> or <i>a</i>? There must be at least one digit
+     *  to represent the fractional part, and beyond that as many, but
+     *  only as many, more digits as are needed to uniquely distinguish
+     *  the argument value from adjacent values of type
+     *  {@code float}. That is, suppose that <i>x</i> is the
+     *  exact mathematical value represented by the decimal
+     *  representation produced by this method for a finite nonzero
+     *  argument <i>f</i>. Then <i>f</i> must be the {@code float}
+     *  value nearest to <i>x</i>; or, if two {@code float} values are
+     *  equally close to <i>x</i>, then <i>f</i> must be one of
+     *  them and the least significant bit of the significand of
+     *  <i>f</i> must be {@code 0}.
+     *
+     *  <p>To create localized string representations of a floating-point
+     *  value, use subclasses of {@link java.text.NumberFormat}.
+     * @param f the float to be converted.
+     * @return a string representation of the argument.
+     */
+    toString(f: number): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a hexadecimal string representation of the
+     *  {@code float} argument. All characters mentioned below are
+     *  ASCII characters.
+     *
+     *  <ul>
+     *  <li>If the argument is NaN, the result is the string
+     *      "{@code NaN}".
+     *  <li>Otherwise, the result is a string that represents the sign and
+     *  magnitude (absolute value) of the argument. If the sign is negative,
+     *  the first character of the result is '{@code -}'
+     *  ({@code '\u002D'}); if the sign is positive, no sign character
+     *  appears in the result. As for the magnitude <i>m</i>:
+     *
+     *  <ul>
+     *  <li>If <i>m</i> is infinity, it is represented by the string
+     *  {@code "Infinity"}; thus, positive infinity produces the
+     *  result {@code "Infinity"} and negative infinity produces
+     *  the result {@code "-Infinity"}.
+     *
+     *  <li>If <i>m</i> is zero, it is represented by the string
+     *  {@code "0x0.0p0"}; thus, negative zero produces the result
+     *  {@code "-0x0.0p0"} and positive zero produces the result
+     *  {@code "0x0.0p0"}.
+     *
+     *  <li>If <i>m</i> is a {@code float} value with a
+     *  normalized representation, substrings are used to represent the
+     *  significand and exponent fields.  The significand is
+     *  represented by the characters {@code "0x1."}
+     *  followed by a lowercase hexadecimal representation of the rest
+     *  of the significand as a fraction.  Trailing zeros in the
+     *  hexadecimal representation are removed unless all the digits
+     *  are zero, in which case a single zero is used. Next, the
+     *  exponent is represented by {@code "p"} followed
+     *  by a decimal string of the unbiased exponent as if produced by
+     *  a call to {@link Integer#toString(int) Integer.toString} on the
+     *  exponent value.
+     *
+     *  <li>If <i>m</i> is a {@code float} value with a subnormal
+     *  representation, the significand is represented by the
+     *  characters {@code "0x0."} followed by a
+     *  hexadecimal representation of the rest of the significand as a
+     *  fraction.  Trailing zeros in the hexadecimal representation are
+     *  removed. Next, the exponent is represented by
+     *  {@code "p-126"}.  Note that there must be at
+     *  least one nonzero digit in a subnormal significand.
+     *
+     *  </ul>
+     *
+     *  </ul>
+     *
+     *  <table border>
+     *  <caption>Examples</caption>
+     *  <tr><th>Floating-point Value</th><th>Hexadecimal String</th>
+     *  <tr><td>{@code 1.0}</td> <td>{@code 0x1.0p0}</td>
+     *  <tr><td>{@code -1.0}</td>        <td>{@code -0x1.0p0}</td>
+     *  <tr><td>{@code 2.0}</td> <td>{@code 0x1.0p1}</td>
+     *  <tr><td>{@code 3.0}</td> <td>{@code 0x1.8p1}</td>
+     *  <tr><td>{@code 0.5}</td> <td>{@code 0x1.0p-1}</td>
+     *  <tr><td>{@code 0.25}</td>        <td>{@code 0x1.0p-2}</td>
+     *  <tr><td>{@code Float.MAX_VALUE}</td>
+     *      <td>{@code 0x1.fffffep127}</td>
+     *  <tr><td>{@code Minimum Normal Value}</td>
+     *      <td>{@code 0x1.0p-126}</td>
+     *  <tr><td>{@code Maximum Subnormal Value}</td>
+     *      <td>{@code 0x0.fffffep-126}</td>
+     *  <tr><td>{@code Float.MIN_VALUE}</td>
+     *      <td>{@code 0x0.000002p-126}</td>
+     *  </table>
+     * @param f the {@code float} to be converted.
+     * @return a hex string representation of the argument.
+     * @since 1.5
+     * @author Joseph D. Darcy
+     */
+    toHexString(f: number): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a {@code Float} object holding the
+     *  {@code float} value represented by the argument string
+     *  {@code s}.
+     *
+     *  <p>If {@code s} is {@code null}, then a
+     *  {@code NullPointerException} is thrown.
+     *
+     *  <p>Leading and trailing whitespace characters in {@code s}
+     *  are ignored.  Whitespace is removed as if by the {@link
+     *  String#trim} method; that is, both ASCII space and control
+     *  characters are removed. The rest of {@code s} should
+     *  constitute a <i>FloatValue</i> as described by the lexical
+     *  syntax rules:
+     *
+     *  <blockquote>
+     *  <dl>
+     *  <dt><i>FloatValue:</i>
+     *  <dd><i>Sign<sub>opt</sub></i> {@code NaN}
+     *  <dd><i>Sign<sub>opt</sub></i> {@code Infinity}
+     *  <dd><i>Sign<sub>opt</sub> FloatingPointLiteral</i>
+     *  <dd><i>Sign<sub>opt</sub> HexFloatingPointLiteral</i>
+     *  <dd><i>SignedInteger</i>
+     *  </dl>
+     *
+     *  <dl>
+     *  <dt><i>HexFloatingPointLiteral</i>:
+     *  <dd> <i>HexSignificand BinaryExponent FloatTypeSuffix<sub>opt</sub></i>
+     *  </dl>
+     *
+     *  <dl>
+     *  <dt><i>HexSignificand:</i>
+     *  <dd><i>HexNumeral</i>
+     *  <dd><i>HexNumeral</i> {@code .}
+     *  <dd>{@code 0x} <i>HexDigits<sub>opt</sub>
+     *      </i>{@code .}<i> HexDigits</i>
+     *  <dd>{@code 0X}<i> HexDigits<sub>opt</sub>
+     *      </i>{@code .} <i>HexDigits</i>
+     *  </dl>
+     *
+     *  <dl>
+     *  <dt><i>BinaryExponent:</i>
+     *  <dd><i>BinaryExponentIndicator SignedInteger</i>
+     *  </dl>
+     *
+     *  <dl>
+     *  <dt><i>BinaryExponentIndicator:</i>
+     *  <dd>{@code p}
+     *  <dd>{@code P}
+     *  </dl>
+     *
+     *  </blockquote>
+     *
+     *  where <i>Sign</i>, <i>FloatingPointLiteral</i>,
+     *  <i>HexNumeral</i>, <i>HexDigits</i>, <i>SignedInteger</i> and
+     *  <i>FloatTypeSuffix</i> are as defined in the lexical structure
+     *  sections of
+     *  <cite>The Java&trade; Language Specification</cite>,
+     *  except that underscores are not accepted between digits.
+     *  If {@code s} does not have the form of
+     *  a <i>FloatValue</i>, then a {@code NumberFormatException}
+     *  is thrown. Otherwise, {@code s} is regarded as
+     *  representing an exact decimal value in the usual
+     *  "computerized scientific notation" or as an exact
+     *  hexadecimal value; this exact numerical value is then
+     *  conceptually converted to an "infinitely precise"
+     *  binary value that is then rounded to type {@code float}
+     *  by the usual round-to-nearest rule of IEEE 754 floating-point
+     *  arithmetic, which includes preserving the sign of a zero
+     *  value.
+     *
+     *  Note that the round-to-nearest rule also implies overflow and
+     *  underflow behaviour; if the exact value of {@code s} is large
+     *  enough in magnitude (greater than or equal to ({@link
+     *  #MAX_VALUE} + {@link Math#ulp(float) ulp(MAX_VALUE)}/2),
+     *  rounding to {@code float} will result in an infinity and if the
+     *  exact value of {@code s} is small enough in magnitude (less
+     *  than or equal to {@link #MIN_VALUE}/2), rounding to float will
+     *  result in a zero.
+     *
+     *  Finally, after rounding a {@code Float} object representing
+     *  this {@code float} value is returned.
+     *
+     *  <p>To interpret localized string representations of a
+     *  floating-point value, use subclasses of {@link
+     *  java.text.NumberFormat}.
+     *
+     *  <p>Note that trailing format specifiers, specifiers that
+     *  determine the type of a floating-point literal
+     *  ({@code 1.0f} is a {@code float} value;
+     *  {@code 1.0d} is a {@code double} value), do
+     *  <em>not</em> influence the results of this method.  In other
+     *  words, the numerical value of the input string is converted
+     *  directly to the target floating-point type.  In general, the
+     *  two-step sequence of conversions, string to {@code double}
+     *  followed by {@code double} to {@code float}, is
+     *  <em>not</em> equivalent to converting a string directly to
+     *  {@code float}.  For example, if first converted to an
+     *  intermediate {@code double} and then to
+     *  {@code float}, the string<br>
+     *  {@code "1.00000017881393421514957253748434595763683319091796875001d"}<br>
+     *  results in the {@code float} value
+     *  {@code 1.0000002f}; if the string is converted directly to
+     *  {@code float}, <code>1.000000<b>1</b>f</code> results.
+     *
+     *  <p>To avoid calling this method on an invalid string and having
+     *  a {@code NumberFormatException} be thrown, the documentation
+     *  for {@link Double#valueOf Double.valueOf} lists a regular
+     *  expression which can be used to screen the input.
+     * @param s the string to be parsed.
+     * @return a {@code Float} object holding the value&#xA; represented by the {@code String} argument.
+     * @throws NumberFormatException if the string does not contain a&#xA; parsable number.
+     */
+    valueOf(s: String | string): number;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a {@code Float} instance representing the specified
+     *  {@code float} value.
+     *  If a new {@code Float} instance is not required, this method
+     *  should generally be used in preference to the constructor
+     *  {@link #Float(float)}, as this method is likely to yield
+     *  significantly better space and time performance by caching
+     *  frequently requested values.
+     * @param f a float value.
+     * @return a {@code Float} instance representing {@code f}.
+     * @since 1.5
+     */
+    valueOf(f: number): number;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a new {@code float} initialized to the value
+     *  represented by the specified {@code String}, as performed
+     *  by the {@code valueOf} method of class {@code Float}.
+     * @param s the string to be parsed.
+     * @return the {@code float} value represented by the string&#xA; argument.
+     * @throws NullPointerException if the string is null
+     * @throws NumberFormatException if the string does not contain a&#xA; parsable {@code float}.
+     * @see java.lang.Float#valueOf(String)
+     * @since 1.2
+     */
+    parseFloat(s: String | string): number;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns {@code true} if the specified number is a
+     *  Not-a-Number (NaN) value, {@code false} otherwise.
+     * @param v the value to be tested.
+     * @return {@code true} if the argument is NaN;&#xA; {@code false} otherwise.
+     */
+    isNaN(v: number): boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns {@code true} if the specified number is infinitely
+     *  large in magnitude, {@code false} otherwise.
+     * @param v the value to be tested.
+     * @return {@code true} if the argument is positive infinity or&#xA; negative infinity; {@code false} otherwise.
+     */
+    isInfinite(v: number): boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns {@code true} if the argument is a finite floating-point
+     *  value; returns {@code false} otherwise (for NaN and infinity
+     *  arguments).
+     * @param f the {@code float} value to be tested
+     * @return {@code true} if the argument is a finite&#xA; floating-point value, {@code false} otherwise.
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    isFinite(f: number): boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns {@code true} if this {@code Float} value is a
+     *  Not-a-Number (NaN), {@code false} otherwise.
+     * @return {@code true} if the value represented by this object is&#xA; NaN; {@code false} otherwise.
+     */
+    isNaN(): boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns {@code true} if this {@code Float} value is
+     *  infinitely large in magnitude, {@code false} otherwise.
+     * @return {@code true} if the value represented by this object is&#xA; positive infinity or negative infinity;&#xA; {@code false} otherwise.
+     */
+    isInfinite(): boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a string representation of this {@code Float} object.
+     *  The primitive {@code float} value represented by this object
+     *  is converted to a {@code String} exactly as if by the method
+     *  {@code toString} of one argument.
+     * @return a {@code String} representation of this object.
+     * @see java.lang.Float#toString(float)
+     */
+    toString(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the value of this {@code Float} as a {@code byte} after
+     *  a narrowing primitive conversion.
+     * @return the {@code float} value represented by this object&#xA; converted to type {@code byte}
+     * @jls 5.1.3 Narrowing Primitive Conversions
+     */
+    byteValue(): unknown;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the value of this {@code Float} as a {@code short}
+     *  after a narrowing primitive conversion.
+     * @return the {@code float} value represented by this object&#xA; converted to type {@code short}
+     * @jls 5.1.3 Narrowing Primitive Conversions
+     * @since JDK1.1
+     */
+    shortValue(): number;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the value of this {@code Float} as an {@code int} after
+     *  a narrowing primitive conversion.
+     * @return the {@code float} value represented by this object&#xA; converted to type {@code int}
+     * @jls 5.1.3 Narrowing Primitive Conversions
+     */
+    intValue(): number;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns value of this {@code Float} as a {@code long} after a
+     *  narrowing primitive conversion.
+     * @return the {@code float} value represented by this object&#xA; converted to type {@code long}
+     * @jls 5.1.3 Narrowing Primitive Conversions
+     */
+    longValue(): number;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the {@code float} value of this {@code Float} object.
+     * @return the {@code float} value represented by this object
+     */
+    floatValue(): number;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the value of this {@code Float} as a {@code double}
+     *  after a widening primitive conversion.
+     * @return the {@code float} value represented by this&#xA; object converted to type {@code double}
+     * @jls 5.1.2 Widening Primitive Conversions
+     */
+    doubleValue(): number;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a hash code for this {@code Float} object. The
+     *  result is the integer bit representation, exactly as produced
+     *  by the method {@link #floatToIntBits(float)}, of the primitive
+     *  {@code float} value represented by this {@code Float}
+     *  object.
+     * @return a hash code value for this object.
+     */
+    hashCode(): number;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a hash code for a {@code float} value; compatible with
+     *  {@code Float.hashCode()}.
+     * @param value the value to hash
+     * @return a hash code value for a {@code float} value.
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    hashCode(value: number): number;
+
+    /**
+     * Compares this object against the specified object.  The result
+     *  is {@code true} if and only if the argument is not
+     *  {@code null} and is a {@code Float} object that
+     *  represents a {@code float} with the same value as the
+     *  {@code float} represented by this object. For this
+     *  purpose, two {@code float} values are considered to be the
+     *  same if and only if the method {@link #floatToIntBits(float)}
+     *  returns the identical {@code int} value when applied to
+     *  each.
+     *
+     *  <p>Note that in most cases, for two instances of class
+     *  {@code Float}, {@code f1} and {@code f2}, the value
+     *  of {@code f1.equals(f2)} is {@code true} if and only if
+     *
+     *  <blockquote><pre>
+     *    f1.floatValue() == f2.floatValue()
+     *  </pre></blockquote>
+     *
+     *  <p>also has the value {@code true}. However, there are two exceptions:
+     *  <ul>
+     *  <li>If {@code f1} and {@code f2} both represent
+     *      {@code Float.NaN}, then the {@code equals} method returns
+     *      {@code true}, even though {@code Float.NaN==Float.NaN}
+     *      has the value {@code false}.
+     *  <li>If {@code f1} represents {@code +0.0f} while
+     *      {@code f2} represents {@code -0.0f}, or vice
+     *      versa, the {@code equal} test has the value
+     *      {@code false}, even though {@code 0.0f==-0.0f}
+     *      has the value {@code true}.
+     *  </ul>
+     *
+     *  This definition allows hash tables to operate properly.
+     * @param obj the object to be compared
+     * @return {@code true} if the objects are the same;&#xA; {@code false} otherwise.
+     * @see java.lang.Float#floatToIntBits(float)
+     */
+    equals(obj: unknown): boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a representation of the specified floating-point value
+     *  according to the IEEE 754 floating-point "single format" bit
+     *  layout.
+     *
+     *  <p>Bit 31 (the bit that is selected by the mask
+     *  {@code 0x80000000}) represents the sign of the floating-point
+     *  number.
+     *  Bits 30-23 (the bits that are selected by the mask
+     *  {@code 0x7f800000}) represent the exponent.
+     *  Bits 22-0 (the bits that are selected by the mask
+     *  {@code 0x007fffff}) represent the significand (sometimes called
+     *  the mantissa) of the floating-point number.
+     *
+     *  <p>If the argument is positive infinity, the result is
+     *  {@code 0x7f800000}.
+     *
+     *  <p>If the argument is negative infinity, the result is
+     *  {@code 0xff800000}.
+     *
+     *  <p>If the argument is NaN, the result is {@code 0x7fc00000}.
+     *
+     *  <p>In all cases, the result is an integer that, when given to the
+     *  {@link #intBitsToFloat(int)} method, will produce a floating-point
+     *  value the same as the argument to {@code floatToIntBits}
+     *  (except all NaN values are collapsed to a single
+     *  "canonical" NaN value).
+     * @param value a floating-point number.
+     * @return the bits that represent the floating-point number.
+     */
+    floatToIntBits(value: number): number;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a representation of the specified floating-point value
+     *  according to the IEEE 754 floating-point "single format" bit
+     *  layout, preserving Not-a-Number (NaN) values.
+     *
+     *  <p>Bit 31 (the bit that is selected by the mask
+     *  {@code 0x80000000}) represents the sign of the floating-point
+     *  number.
+     *  Bits 30-23 (the bits that are selected by the mask
+     *  {@code 0x7f800000}) represent the exponent.
+     *  Bits 22-0 (the bits that are selected by the mask
+     *  {@code 0x007fffff}) represent the significand (sometimes called
+     *  the mantissa) of the floating-point number.
+     *
+     *  <p>If the argument is positive infinity, the result is
+     *  {@code 0x7f800000}.
+     *
+     *  <p>If the argument is negative infinity, the result is
+     *  {@code 0xff800000}.
+     *
+     *  <p>If the argument is NaN, the result is the integer representing
+     *  the actual NaN value.  Unlike the {@code floatToIntBits}
+     *  method, {@code floatToRawIntBits} does not collapse all the
+     *  bit patterns encoding a NaN to a single "canonical"
+     *  NaN value.
+     *
+     *  <p>In all cases, the result is an integer that, when given to the
+     *  {@link #intBitsToFloat(int)} method, will produce a
+     *  floating-point value the same as the argument to
+     *  {@code floatToRawIntBits}.
+     * @param value a floating-point number.
+     * @return the bits that represent the floating-point number.
+     * @since 1.3
+     */
+    floatToRawIntBits(value: number): number;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the {@code float} value corresponding to a given
+     *  bit representation.
+     *  The argument is considered to be a representation of a
+     *  floating-point value according to the IEEE 754 floating-point
+     *  "single format" bit layout.
+     *
+     *  <p>If the argument is {@code 0x7f800000}, the result is positive
+     *  infinity.
+     *
+     *  <p>If the argument is {@code 0xff800000}, the result is negative
+     *  infinity.
+     *
+     *  <p>If the argument is any value in the range
+     *  {@code 0x7f800001} through {@code 0x7fffffff} or in
+     *  the range {@code 0xff800001} through
+     *  {@code 0xffffffff}, the result is a NaN.  No IEEE 754
+     *  floating-point operation provided by Java can distinguish
+     *  between two NaN values of the same type with different bit
+     *  patterns.  Distinct values of NaN are only distinguishable by
+     *  use of the {@code Float.floatToRawIntBits} method.
+     *
+     *  <p>In all other cases, let <i>s</i>, <i>e</i>, and <i>m</i> be three
+     *  values that can be computed from the argument:
+     *
+     *  <blockquote><pre>{@code
+     *  int s = ((bits >> 31) == 0) ? 1 : -1;
+     *  int e = ((bits >> 23) & 0xff);
+     *  int m = (e == 0) ?
+     *                  (bits & 0x7fffff) << 1 :
+     *                  (bits & 0x7fffff) | 0x800000;
+     *  }</pre></blockquote>
+     *
+     *  Then the floating-point result equals the value of the mathematical
+     *  expression <i>s</i>&middot;<i>m</i>&middot;2<sup><i>e</i>-150</sup>.
+     *
+     *  <p>Note that this method may not be able to return a
+     *  {@code float} NaN with exactly same bit pattern as the
+     *  {@code int} argument.  IEEE 754 distinguishes between two
+     *  kinds of NaNs, quiet NaNs and <i>signaling NaNs</i>.  The
+     *  differences between the two kinds of NaN are generally not
+     *  visible in Java.  Arithmetic operations on signaling NaNs turn
+     *  them into quiet NaNs with a different, but often similar, bit
+     *  pattern.  However, on some processors merely copying a
+     *  signaling NaN also performs that conversion.  In particular,
+     *  copying a signaling NaN to return it to the calling method may
+     *  perform this conversion.  So {@code intBitsToFloat} may
+     *  not be able to return a {@code float} with a signaling NaN
+     *  bit pattern.  Consequently, for some {@code int} values,
+     *  {@code floatToRawIntBits(intBitsToFloat(start))} may
+     *  <i>not</i> equal {@code start}.  Moreover, which
+     *  particular bit patterns represent signaling NaNs is platform
+     *  dependent; although all NaN bit patterns, quiet or signaling,
+     *  must be in the NaN range identified above.
+     * @param bits an integer.
+     * @return the {@code float} floating-point value with the same bit&#xA; pattern.
+     */
+    intBitsToFloat(bits: number): number;
+
+    /**
+     * Compares two {@code Float} objects numerically.  There are
+     *  two ways in which comparisons performed by this method differ
+     *  from those performed by the Java language numerical comparison
+     *  operators ({@code <, <=, ==, >=, >}) when
+     *  applied to primitive {@code float} values:
+     *
+     *  <ul><li>
+     *           {@code Float.NaN} is considered by this method to
+     *           be equal to itself and greater than all other
+     *           {@code float} values
+     *           (including {@code Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY}).
+     *  <li>
+     *           {@code 0.0f} is considered by this method to be greater
+     *           than {@code -0.0f}.
+     *  </ul>
+     *
+     *  This ensures that the <i>natural ordering</i> of {@code Float}
+     *  objects imposed by this method is <i>consistent with equals</i>.
+     * @param anotherFloat the {@code Float} to be compared.
+     * @return the value {@code 0} if {@code anotherFloat} is&#xA; numerically equal to this {@code Float}; a value&#xA; less than {@code 0} if this {@code Float}&#xA; is numerically less than {@code anotherFloat};&#xA; and a value greater than {@code 0} if this&#xA; {@code Float} is numerically greater than&#xA; {@code anotherFloat}.
+     * @since 1.2
+     * @see Comparable#compareTo(Object)
+     */
+    compareTo(anotherFloat: Float | number): number;
+
+    /**
+     * Compares the two specified {@code float} values. The sign
+     *  of the integer value returned is the same as that of the
+     *  integer that would be returned by the call:
+     *  <pre>
+     *     new Float(f1).compareTo(new Float(f2))
+     *  </pre>
+     * @param f1 the first {@code float} to compare.
+     * @param f2 the second {@code float} to compare.
+     * @return the value {@code 0} if {@code f1} is&#xA; numerically equal to {@code f2}; a value less than&#xA; {@code 0} if {@code f1} is numerically less than&#xA; {@code f2}; and a value greater than {@code 0}&#xA; if {@code f1} is numerically greater than&#xA; {@code f2}.
+     * @since 1.4
+     */
+    compare(f1: number, f2: number): number;
+
+    /**
+     * Adds two {@code float} values together as per the + operator.
+     * @param a the first operand
+     * @param b the second operand
+     * @return the sum of {@code a} and {@code b}
+     * @jls 4.2.4 Floating-Point Operations
+     * @see java.util.function.BinaryOperator
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    sum(a: number, b: number): number;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the greater of two {@code float} values
+     *  as if by calling {@link Math#max(float, float) Math.max}.
+     * @param a the first operand
+     * @param b the second operand
+     * @return the greater of {@code a} and {@code b}
+     * @see java.util.function.BinaryOperator
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    max(a: number, b: number): number;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the smaller of two {@code float} values
+     *  as if by calling {@link Math#min(float, float) Math.min}.
+     * @param a the first operand
+     * @param b the second operand
+     * @return the smaller of {@code a} and {@code b}
+     * @see java.util.function.BinaryOperator
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    min(a: number, b: number): number;
+
+    /**
+ * A constant holding the positive infinity of type
+ *  {@code float}. It is equal to the value returned by
+ *  {@code Float.intBitsToFloat(0x7f800000)}.
+  
+    */
+    POSITIVE_INFINITY: number;
+
+    /**
+ * A constant holding the negative infinity of type
+ *  {@code float}. It is equal to the value returned by
+ *  {@code Float.intBitsToFloat(0xff800000)}.
+  
+    */
+    NEGATIVE_INFINITY: number;
+
+    /**
+ * A constant holding a Not-a-Number (NaN) value of type
+ *  {@code float}.  It is equivalent to the value returned by
+ *  {@code Float.intBitsToFloat(0x7fc00000)}.
+  
+    */
+    NaN: number;
+
+    /**
+ * A constant holding the largest positive finite value of type
+ *  {@code float}, (2-2<sup>-23</sup>)&middot;2<sup>127</sup>.
+ *  It is equal to the hexadecimal floating-point literal
+ *  {@code 0x1.fffffeP+127f} and also equal to
+ *  {@code Float.intBitsToFloat(0x7f7fffff)}.
+  
+    */
+    MAX_VALUE: number;
+
+    /**
+     * A constant holding the smallest positive normal value of type
+     *  {@code float}, 2<sup>-126</sup>.  It is equal to the
+     *  hexadecimal floating-point literal {@code 0x1.0p-126f} and also
+     *  equal to {@code Float.intBitsToFloat(0x00800000)}.
+     * @since 1.6
+     */
+    MIN_NORMAL: number;
+
+    /**
+ * A constant holding the smallest positive nonzero value of type
+ *  {@code float}, 2<sup>-149</sup>. It is equal to the
+ *  hexadecimal floating-point literal {@code 0x0.000002P-126f}
+ *  and also equal to {@code Float.intBitsToFloat(0x1)}.
+  
+    */
+    MIN_VALUE: number;
+
+    /**
+     * Maximum exponent a finite {@code float} variable may have.  It
+     *  is equal to the value returned by {@code
+     *  Math.getExponent(Float.MAX_VALUE)}.
+     * @since 1.6
+     */
+    MAX_EXPONENT: number;
+
+    /**
+     * Minimum exponent a normalized {@code float} variable may have.
+     *  It is equal to the value returned by {@code
+     *  Math.getExponent(Float.MIN_NORMAL)}.
+     * @since 1.6
+     */
+    MIN_EXPONENT: number;
+
+    /**
+     * The number of bits used to represent a {@code float} value.
+     * @since 1.5
+     */
+    SIZE: number;
+
+    /**
+     * The number of bytes used to represent a {@code float} value.
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    BYTES: number;
+
+    /**
+     * The {@code Class} instance representing the primitive type
+     *  {@code float}.
+     * @since JDK1.1
+     */
+    TYPE: Class;
+  };