hex-class

Hex class

Create a class Hex which takes a number as an argument.

Adding a hex object to a number (by using valueOf) generates a number, but calling toString or toJSON will show its hexadecimal value starting with "0x". To make hex objects comparable you have to provide a method equals.

Example:

Hex FF = new Hex(255);
FF.toString() == "0xFF"
FF.valueOf() + 1 == 256
FF.equals(new Hex(255)) == true

Also create two methods, plus and minus which will add or subtract a number or Hex object and return a new Hex object.

Hex a = new Hex(10);
Hex b = new Hex(5);
a.plus(b).toJSON() == "0xF";
a.plus(2).toJSON() == "0xC";

Also, create a parse class method that can parse Hexadecimal numbers and convert them to standard decimal numbers:

Hex.parse("0xFF") == 255
Hex.parse("FF") == 255

Note: If you define both valueOf and toString, "Hex value:" + new Hex(255) may not behave as expected!