ucar.visad.quantities

Class Quantity

java.lang.Object

ucar.visad.quantities.Quantity

Direct Known Subclasses:

ScalarQuantity, VectorQuantity

public abstract class Quantity
extends java.lang.Object

Provides support for physical quantities.

Version:

$Id: Quantity.java,v 1.11 2005/05/13 18:35:42 jeffmc Exp $

Author:

Steven R. Emmerson

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	Quantity() Constructs from nothing.
protected	Quantity(visad.RealTupleType realTupleType) Constructs from an existing RealTupleType.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected visad.RealTupleType	realTupleType() Returns the associated RealTupleType.
protected void	setRealTupleType(visad.RealTupleType realTupleType) Should only be used by subclasses immediately after super() invocation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Quantity

protected Quantity()

Constructs from nothing.

Quantity

protected Quantity(visad.RealTupleType realTupleType)

Constructs from an existing RealTupleType.

Parameters:

realTupleType - The existing RealTupleType.

Method Detail

realTupleType

protected final visad.RealTupleType realTupleType()

Returns the associated RealTupleType.

Returns:

The associated RealTupleType.

setRealTupleType

protected final void setRealTupleType(visad.RealTupleType realTupleType)

Should only be used by subclasses immediately after super() invocation.

Parameters:

realTupleType - Sets the associated RealTupleType.