ucar.visad.quantities
Class Pressure

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

AirPressure, SaturationVaporPressure

public class Pressure
extends ScalarQuantity

Provides support for the quantity of pressure.

Version:

$Id: Pressure.java,v 1.10 2005/05/13 18:35:42 jeffmc Exp $

Author:

Steven R. Emmerson

Constructor Summary

protected	Pressure(RealType realType, CoordinateSystem defaultCS) Constructs from a RealType and a CoordinateSystem.
protected	Pressure(String name) Constructs from a name.
protected	Pressure(String name, Unit unit) Constructs from a name and a unit.

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

Pressure

protected Pressure(String name)
            throws VisADException

Constructs from a name.

Parameters:

name - The name for the instance.

Throws:

VisADException - Couldn't create necessary VisAD object.

Pressure

protected Pressure(String name,
                   Unit unit)
            throws VisADException

Constructs from a name and a unit.

Parameters:

name - The name of the quantity.

unit - The default unit of the quantity.

Throws:

VisADException - Couldn't create necessary VisAD object.

Pressure

protected Pressure(RealType realType,
                   CoordinateSystem defaultCS)
            throws VisADException

Constructs from a RealType and a CoordinateSystem.

Parameters:

realType - The RealType of the quantity.

defaultCS - The default domain CoordinateSystem.

Throws:

VisADException - Couldn't create necessary VisAD object.

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.