/**
* Returns "true" if the argument is equal to this object, "false" otherwise.
*
* @param anObject Object to be compared to this object.
*/
public boolean equals(Object anObject) {
if (anObject instanceof NumberValue) {
NumberValue input = (NumberValue) anObject;
if (_numberValue.compareTo(input.getBigDecimal()) == 0) return true;
}
return false;
}
/**
* Compares the saved numeric value to the input. For more information, see
* http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/math/BigDecimal.html#compareTo%28java.math.BigDecimal%29
*/
public int compareTo(NumberValue input) {
return _numberValue.compareTo(input.getBigDecimal());
}