ucar.visad.quantities
Class Gravity

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

public class Gravity
extends Acceleration

Provides support for the quantity of gravity.

Version:

$Id: Gravity.java,v 1.9 2005/05/13 18:35:40 jeffmc Exp $

Author:

Steven R. Emmerson

Constructor Summary

protected

Gravity(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.
static Real	newReal() Creates a Real corresponding to the standard acceleration of gravity.

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

Gravity

protected Gravity(String name)
           throws VisADException

Constructs from a name.

Parameters:

name - The name for this quantity.

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.

newReal

public static Real newReal()
                    throws VisADException

Creates a Real corresponding to the standard acceleration of gravity.

Returns:

A Real corresponding to standard gravity.

Throws:

VisADException - Couldn't create necessary VisAD object.