ucar.visad.quantities
Class VectorQuantity

java.lang.Object
  ucar.visad.quantities.Quantity
      ucar.visad.quantities.VectorQuantity

Direct Known Subclasses:

Wind

public abstract class VectorQuantity
extends Quantity

Provides support for vector quantities. A vector quantity has at least one component (and usually at least two components) and may have associated with it a default CoordinateSystem and default domain set.

Version:

$Id: VectorQuantity.java,v 1.12 2006/08/09 22:04:54 dmurray Exp $

Author:

Steven R. Emmerson

Constructor Summary

protected	VectorQuantity(RealTupleType realTupleType) Constructs from an existing VisAD RealTupleType.
protected	VectorQuantity(RealType[] realTypes) Constructs from an array of VisAD RealTypes.
protected	VectorQuantity(RealType[] realTypes, CoordinateSystem coordinateSystem) Constructs from an array of VisAD RealTypes and a default coordinate system transformation.
protected	VectorQuantity(RealType[] realTypes, CoordinateSystem coordinateSystem, Set set) Constructs from an array of VisAD RealTypes, a default coordinate system transformation, and a default sampling set.

Method Summary

protected EarthVectorType

earthVectorType() Returns the associated RealTupleType.

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

VectorQuantity

protected VectorQuantity(RealType[] realTypes)
                  throws VisADException

Constructs from an array of VisAD RealTypes.

Parameters:

realTypes - The array of RealTypes.

Throws:

VisADException - if a core VisAD failure occurs.

VectorQuantity

protected VectorQuantity(RealType[] realTypes,
                         CoordinateSystem coordinateSystem)
                  throws VisADException

Constructs from an array of VisAD RealTypes and a default coordinate system transformation.

Parameters:

realTypes - The array of RealTypes.

coordinateSystem - The default CoordinateSystem of this quantity. May be null.

Throws:

VisADException - if a core VisAD failure occurs.

VectorQuantity

protected VectorQuantity(RealType[] realTypes,
                         CoordinateSystem coordinateSystem,
                         Set set)
                  throws VisADException

Constructs from an array of VisAD RealTypes, a default coordinate system transformation, and a default sampling set.

Parameters:

realTypes - The array of RealTypes.

coordinateSystem - The default CoordinateSystem of this quantity. May be null.

set - The default domain set of this quantity. May be null.

Throws:

VisADException - if a core VisAD failure occurs.

VectorQuantity

protected VectorQuantity(RealTupleType realTupleType)

Constructs from an existing VisAD RealTupleType.

Parameters:

realTupleType - An existing RealTupleType.

Method Detail

earthVectorType

protected final EarthVectorType earthVectorType()
                                         throws VisADException

Returns the associated RealTupleType.

Returns:

The associated RealTupleType.

Throws:

VisADException - if a core VisAD failure occurs.