public float getFloat(int columnIndex) {
		Object fieldValue = data[columnIndex];
		if (fieldValue == null) {
			return 0.0f;
		}
		if (fieldValue instanceof Number) {
			return ((Number) fieldValue).floatValue();
		}
		throw new DBFException("Unsupported type for Number at column:" + columnIndex + " "
				+ fieldValue.getClass().getCanonicalName());
	}
public float getFloat ( int columnIndex ) { Object fieldValue = data [ columnIndex ] ; if ( fieldValue == null ) { return 0.0f ; } if ( fieldValue instanceof Number ) { return ( ( Number ) fieldValue ) . floatValue ( ) ; } throw new DBFException ( "Unsupported type for Number at column:" + columnIndex + " " + fieldValue . getClass ( ) . getCanonicalName ( ) ) ; }
Reads the data as Float

@param columnIndex
columnIndex
@return the data as Float