ucar.visad.quantities

Class Gravity

java.lang.Object

ucar.visad.quantities.Quantity

ucar.visad.quantities.ScalarQuantity

ucar.visad.quantities.Acceleration

ucar.visad.quantities.Gravity

public class Gravity
extends Acceleration

Provides support for the quantity of gravity.

Version:

$Id: Gravity.java,v 1.9 2005/05/13 18:35:40 jeffmc Exp $

Author:

Steven R. Emmerson

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	Gravity(java.lang.String name) Constructs from a name.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static visad.RealTupleType	getRealTupleType() Obtains the RealTupleType associated with this class.
static visad.RealType	getRealType() Obtains the RealType associated with this class.
static visad.Real	newReal() Creates a Real corresponding to the standard acceleration of gravity.

Methods inherited from class ucar.visad.quantities.ScalarQuantity

getRealType, getRealType, realType

Methods inherited from class ucar.visad.quantities.Quantity

realTupleType, setRealTupleType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Gravity

protected Gravity(java.lang.String name)
           throws visad.VisADException

Constructs from a name.

Parameters:

name - The name for this quantity.

Throws:

visad.VisADException - if a core VisAD failure occurs.

Method Detail

getRealType

public static visad.RealType getRealType()
                                  throws visad.VisADException

Obtains the RealType associated with this class.

Returns:

The RealType associated with this class.

Throws:

visad.VisADException - Couldn't perform necessary VisAD operation.

getRealTupleType

public static visad.RealTupleType getRealTupleType()
                                            throws visad.VisADException

Obtains the RealTupleType associated with this class.

Returns:

The RealTupleType associated with this class.

Throws:

visad.VisADException - Couldn't perform necessary VisAD operation.

newReal

public static visad.Real newReal()
                          throws visad.VisADException

Creates a Real corresponding to the standard acceleration of gravity.

Returns:

A Real corresponding to standard gravity.

Throws:

visad.VisADException - Couldn't create necessary VisAD object.