ucar.unidata.metdata
Interface Value

public interface Value

Abstraction for the value a measured or calculated physical quantity.

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $ $Date: 2005/05/13 18:31:31 $

Author:

$Author: jeffmc $

Method Summary

StringBuffer	format(StringBuffer buf) Format this Value
double	getDouble() Get the value as a double
double	getDouble(ucar.units.Unit outputUnit) Get the double value in a different Unit
float	getFloat() Get the float value
float	getFloat(ucar.units.Unit outputUnit) Get the float value in a different Unit
int	getInt() Get the value (as an integer) for this Value
int	getInt(ucar.units.Unit outputUnit) Get the value in a different Unit
ucar.units.Unit	getUnit() Get the Unit for this Value

Method Detail

getUnit

ucar.units.Unit getUnit()

Get the Unit for this Value

Returns:

the unit

getInt

int getInt()

Get the value (as an integer) for this Value

Returns:

integer value

getInt

int getInt(ucar.units.Unit outputUnit)
           throws ucar.units.ConversionException

Get the value in a different Unit

Parameters:

outputUnit - new unit

Returns:

value in that unit

Throws:

ucar.units.ConversionException - incompatible units

getFloat

float getFloat()

Get the float value

Returns:

value as a float

getFloat

float getFloat(ucar.units.Unit outputUnit)
               throws ucar.units.ConversionException

Get the float value in a different Unit

Parameters:

outputUnit - new Unit

Returns:

value in the new unit

Throws:

ucar.units.ConversionException - problem with conversion

getDouble

double getDouble()

Get the value as a double

Returns:

double value

getDouble

double getDouble(ucar.units.Unit outputUnit)
                 throws ucar.units.ConversionException

Get the double value in a different Unit

Parameters:

outputUnit - new Unit

Returns:

value in the new unit

Throws:

ucar.units.ConversionException - problem with conversion

format

StringBuffer format(StringBuffer buf)

Format this Value

Parameters:

buf - input/output buffer

Returns:

buf with formatted data