About the Integer Class

The Integer defines integral value between -231 to 231^-1 . The BigInteger class contains those integers that are larger.

An Integer literal can be expressed in decimal (base 10) or hexadecimal (base 16). The following are examples of Integer literals:

0	2i	-23	0372	0xDadaCafe		1996I	0x00FF00FF

For more information on Integer literals, see Integer Literals.