Converts an object to a byte value.
public static byte toByte( Object value )
value
The value to convert.
Returns a byte value that represents the object.
ClassCastException thrown if the argument cannot be converted.
The following table lists the supported argument types and the resulting conversion.
Type | Conversion |
null | Returns 0. |
Character | Returns the low-order byte of the character stored in the object. Produced by calling Character.charValue. |
Number | Returns the byte value of the object. Produced by calling Number.byteValue. |
String | Returns the result of converting the numeric string to a byte value. Produced by calling Byte.parseByte. |
Variant | Returns the result of coercing the variant to a byte value. Produced by calling Variant.toByte. |
See Also toObject