Java tutorial
import java.io.File; /* * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * * */ public class Main { /** * Multiply two long integers, checking for overflow. * * @param a first value * @param b second value * @return the product <code>a * b</code> * @throws ArithmeticException if the result can not be represented as an * long * @since 1.2 */ public static long mulAndCheck(long a, long b) { long ret; String msg = "overflow: multiply"; if (a > b) { // use symmetry to reduce boundry cases ret = mulAndCheck(b, a); } else { if (a < 0) { if (b < 0) { // check for positive overflow with negative a, negative b if (a >= Long.MAX_VALUE / b) { ret = a * b; } else { throw new ArithmeticException(msg); } } else if (b > 0) { // check for negative overflow with negative a, positive b if (Long.MIN_VALUE / b <= a) { ret = a * b; } else { throw new ArithmeticException(msg); } } else { // assert b == 0 ret = 0; } } else if (a > 0) { // assert a > 0 // assert b > 0 // check for positive overflow with positive a, positive b if (a <= Long.MAX_VALUE / b) { ret = a * b; } else { throw new ArithmeticException(msg); } } else { // assert a == 0 ret = 0; } } return ret; } }