LongStored and DoubleStored are not accessible from other packages

[ferstl]

The classes LongStored and DoubleStored are not accessible outside the package org.openjdk.jmc.common.unit. The reason for this is that these are inner static classes of ScalarQuantity which is has only package-private visibility. Trying to access these classes leads to a compile error:

org.openjdk.jmc.common.unit.ScalarQuantity.LongStored is defined in an inaccessible class or interface

A fix would be to make ScalarQuantity public.
I'd like to access the LongStored and DoubleStored classes in order to find out if the underlying value of an attribute is a long or a double with an instanceof check.

[thegreystone]

Hi Stefan!

Any particular reason you want to do this?

[ferstl]

Hi,
I am trying to read flight recorder events with the API in Mission Control. When I read an attribute of an event it would be good to know if the underlying value is a Long or a Double. Having access to LongStored and DoubleStored I could do an instanceof check. Or is there another way to find out the type? I saw that Mission Control does also make such instanceof checks, e.g. in LinearKindOfQuantity.