ucar.visad.quantities
Class Acceleration

java.lang.Object
  ucar.visad.quantities.Quantity
      ucar.visad.quantities.ScalarQuantity
          ucar.visad.quantities.Acceleration

Direct Known Subclasses:

Gravity

public class Acceleration
extends ScalarQuantity

Provides support for the quantity of acceleration.

Version:

$Id: Acceleration.java,v 1.9 2005/05/13 18:35:36 jeffmc Exp $

Author:

Steven R. Emmerson

Constructor Summary

protected

Acceleration(String name) Constructs from a name.

Method Summary

static RealTupleType	getRealTupleType() Obtains the RealTupleType associated with this class.
static 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

Acceleration

protected Acceleration(String name)
                throws VisADException

Constructs from a name.

Parameters:

name - The name for the instance.

Throws:

VisADException - if a core VisAD failure occurs.

Method Detail

getRealType

public static RealType getRealType()
                            throws VisADException

Obtains the RealType associated with this class.

Returns:

The RealType associated with this class.

Throws:

VisADException - Couldn't perform necessary VisAD operation.

getRealTupleType

public static RealTupleType getRealTupleType()
                                      throws VisADException

Obtains the RealTupleType associated with this class.

Returns:

The RealTupleType associated with this class.

Throws:

VisADException - Couldn't perform necessary VisAD operation.