Package ucar.units

Class UnknownBaseQuantity

java.lang.Object

ucar.units.BaseQuantity

ucar.units.UnknownBaseQuantity

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<BaseQuantity>, Base

public final class UnknownBaseQuantity
extends BaseQuantity

Provides support for an unknown base quantity.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ucar.units.BaseQuantity

AMOUNT_OF_SUBSTANCE, ELECTRIC_CURRENT, LENGTH, LUMINOUS_INTENSITY, MASS, PLANE_ANGLE, SOLID_ANGLE, THERMODYNAMIC_TEMPERATURE, TIME, UNKNOWN

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	UnknownBaseQuantity()	Constructs from nothing.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object object)	Indicates if this quantity is semantically the same as an object.
int	hashCode()	Returns the hash code of this instance.
boolean	isDimensionless()	Indicates if this quantity is dimensionless.

Methods inherited from class ucar.units.BaseQuantity

compareTo, getID, getName, getSymbol, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

UnknownBaseQuantity

protected UnknownBaseQuantity()

Constructs from nothing.

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Indicates if this quantity is semantically the same as an object. Unknown quantities are never equal by definition -- not even to itself.

Specified by:

equals in interface Base

Overrides:

equals in class BaseQuantity

Parameters:

object - The object.

Returns:

false always.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns the hash code of this instance.

Overrides:

hashCode in class BaseQuantity

Returns:

The hash code of this instance.

isDimensionless

public boolean isDimensionless()

Indicates if this quantity is dimensionless. Unknown quantities are never dimensionless by definition.

Specified by:

isDimensionless in interface Base

Specified by:

isDimensionless in class BaseQuantity

Returns:

false always.