/**
* If the item at pos is a Number, return its float value. Otherwise if the item is a char[] or
* any other type of Object, convert the item to a String and return its float value.
*
* @param row the row number
* @return the float value of the item at row # row. if no such item exists or if the data is not
* numeric - returns a value signifying the position is empty, as defined by
* SparseFloatColumn.
*/
public float getFloat(int row) {
Object obj = elements.get(row);
if (obj != null && isDataNumeric(row)) {
return SparseFloatColumn.toFloat(obj);
}
return (float) SparseDefaultValues.getDefaultDouble();
}
/**
* If the item at pos is a Number, return its double value. Otherwise if the item is a char[] or
* any other type of Object, convert the item to a String and return its double value by calling
* Double.parseDouble()
*
* @param row the row number
* @return the double value of the item at row # row. if no such item exists returns a value
* signifying the position is empty, as defined by SparseDoubleColumn.
*/
public double getDouble(int row) {
Object obj = elements.get(row);
if (obj != null && isDataNumeric(row)) {
return SparseDoubleColumn.toDouble(obj);
}
return SparseDefaultValues.getDefaultDouble();
}