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package com.ericsson.otp.erlang;


/**
 * Provides a Java representation of Erlang floats and doubles.
 */
public class OtpErlangFloat extends OtpErlangDouble {
    // don't change this!
    static final long serialVersionUID = -2231546377289456934L;

    /**
     * Create an Erlang float from the given float value.
     */
    public OtpErlangFloat(final float f) {
	super(f);
    }

    /**
     * Create an Erlang float from a stream containing a float encoded in Erlang
     * external format.
     * 
     * @param buf
     *                the stream containing the encoded value.
     * 
     * @exception OtpErlangDecodeException
     *                    if the buffer does not contain a valid external
     *                    representation of an Erlang float.
     * 
     * @exception OtpErlangRangeException
     *                    if the value cannot be represented as a Java float.
     */
    public OtpErlangFloat(final OtpInputStream buf)
	    throws OtpErlangDecodeException, OtpErlangRangeException {
	super(buf);

    floatValue();
    }
}