net.agmodel.physical
Class AbstractQuantity

java.lang.Object
  net.agmodel.physical.AbstractQuantity

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Acceleration, Angle, Area, Composite, Duration, Frequency, Length, Mass, Proportion, Radiation, Speed, Temperature, Volume, VolumetricDensity

public abstract class AbstractQuantity

extends Object

implements Serializable, Cloneable

This abstract class represents a measurable amount. This class defines abstract methods to get the value of a quantity using the "Syst?me International d'Unit?s" (SI) and to get the associated SI dimension.

Version:

1.1, 22 March 1999

Author:

Jean-Marie Dautelle

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static float	COMPLETE
static float	DEVOID
static int	SPATIALLYINTERPOLATED
static int	TEMPORALLYINTERPOLATED
static int	UNINTERPOLATED

Constructor Summary

AbstractQuantity()

Method Summary

Object	clone()
Composite	divide(AbstractQuantity x) Returns the Composite whose value is (this / x).
boolean	isSpatiallyInterpolated()
boolean	isTemporallyInterpolated()
Composite	multiply(AbstractQuantity x) Returns the Composite whose value is (this * x).
Composite	toComposite() Converts a simple quantity to Composite.
String	toString() Returns the decimal String representation of this quantity in SI units.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

UNINTERPOLATED

public static final int UNINTERPOLATED

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Constant Field Values

TEMPORALLYINTERPOLATED

public static final int TEMPORALLYINTERPOLATED

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Constant Field Values

SPATIALLYINTERPOLATED

public static final int SPATIALLYINTERPOLATED

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Constant Field Values

COMPLETE

public static final float COMPLETE

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Constant Field Values

DEVOID

public static final float DEVOID

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AbstractQuantity

public AbstractQuantity()

Method Detail

multiply

public Composite multiply(AbstractQuantity x)

Returns the Composite whose value is (this * x).

Parameters:

x - the quantity multiplier.

Returns:

(this * x)

divide

public Composite divide(AbstractQuantity x)

Returns the Composite whose value is (this / x).

Parameters:

x - the quantity divisor.

Returns:

(this / x)

Throws:

ArithmeticException - x.getValueSI() == 0.0

toComposite

public Composite toComposite()

Converts a simple quantity to Composite.

Returns:

the composite corresponding to the specified quantity.

toString

public String toString()

Returns the decimal String representation of this quantity in SI units.

Returns:

decimal String representation of this quantity in SI units followed by its SI symbol.

isTemporallyInterpolated

public boolean isTemporallyInterpolated()

isSpatiallyInterpolated

public boolean isSpatiallyInterpolated()

clone

public Object clone()