ucar.units
Class SupplementaryBaseQuantity

java.lang.Object
  ucar.units.BaseQuantity
      ucar.units.SupplementaryBaseQuantity

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable, Base

public final class SupplementaryBaseQuantity
extends BaseQuantity

Provides support for supplementary base quantities. A supplementary base quantity is one that is dimensionless (e.g. solid angle). Instances of this class are immutable.

Version:

$Id: SupplementaryBaseQuantity.java 64 2006-07-12 22:30:50Z edavis $

Author:

Steven R. Emmerson

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ucar.units.BaseQuantity

AMOUNT_OF_SUBSTANCE, ELECTRIC_CURRENT, LENGTH, LUMINOUS_INTENSITY, MASS, PLANE_ANGLE, SOLID_ANGLE, THERMODYNAMIC_TEMPERATURE, TIME, UNKNOWN

Constructor Summary

	SupplementaryBaseQuantity(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String symbol) Constructs from a name and symbol.
protected	SupplementaryBaseQuantity(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String symbol, boolean trusted) Constructs from a name and symbol.

Method Summary

boolean

isDimensionless() Indicates whether or not this quantity is dimensionless.

Methods inherited from class ucar.units.BaseQuantity

compareTo, equals, getID, getName, getSymbol, main, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SupplementaryBaseQuantity

public SupplementaryBaseQuantity(java.lang.String name,
                                 java.lang.String symbol)
                          throws NameException

Constructs from a name and symbol.

Parameters:

name - The name of the quantity.

symbol - The symbol for the quantity.

Throws:

NameException - Bad quantity name.

SupplementaryBaseQuantity

protected SupplementaryBaseQuantity(java.lang.String name,
                                    java.lang.String symbol,
                                    boolean trusted)

Constructs from a name and symbol. This is a trusted constructor for use by the superclass only.

Parameters:

name - The name of the quantity.

symbol - The symbol for the quantity.

Method Detail

isDimensionless

public boolean isDimensionless()

Indicates whether or not this quantity is dimensionless. Supplementary base quantities are dimensionless by definition.

Specified by:

isDimensionless in interface Base

Specified by:

isDimensionless in class BaseQuantity

Returns:

true.