ucar.visad.quantities

Class Temperature

java.lang.Object

ucar.visad.quantities.Quantity

ucar.visad.quantities.ScalarQuantity

ucar.visad.quantities.Temperature

Direct Known Subclasses:

AirTemperature

public class Temperature
extends ScalarQuantity

Provides support for the quantity of temperature.

Version:

$Id: Temperature.java,v 1.8 2005/05/13 18:35:45 jeffmc Exp $

Author:

Steven R. Emmerson

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	Temperature() Constructs from nothing.
protected	Temperature(java.lang.String name) Constructs from a name.
protected	Temperature(java.lang.String name, visad.Unit unit) Constructs from a name and a unit.

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.

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

Temperature

protected Temperature()
               throws visad.VisADException

Constructs from nothing.

Throws:

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

Temperature

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

Constructs from a name.

Parameters:

name - The name of the quantity.

Throws:

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

Temperature

protected Temperature(java.lang.String name,
                      visad.Unit unit)
               throws visad.VisADException

Constructs from a name and a unit. This is the most general constructor.

Parameters:

name - The name of the quantity.

unit - The default unit of the quantity.

Throws:

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

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.