ucar.unidata.metdata

Interface Quantity

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Comparable

public interface Quantity
extends java.lang.Comparable

Abstraction for physical quantity.

Version:

$Revision: 1.8 $ $Date: 2005/05/13 18:31:30 $

Author:

Glenn Davis

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.StringBuffer	format(java.lang.StringBuffer buf) Format this Quantity
java.lang.String	getName() Get the name of this Quantity.
boolean	isAssignable(ucar.units.Unit unit) See if the Unit is assignable to this quantity.
boolean	isAssignable(Value value) See if a Value is assignable to this Quantity

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Get the name of this Quantity.

Returns:

quantity name

isAssignable

boolean isAssignable(ucar.units.Unit unit)

See if the Unit is assignable to this quantity. i.e, is it a compatible unit

Parameters:

unit - Unit in question

Returns:

true if compatible

isAssignable

boolean isAssignable(Value value)

See if a Value is assignable to this Quantity

Parameters:

value - Value to check.

Returns:

true if it is assignable.

format

java.lang.StringBuffer format(java.lang.StringBuffer buf)

Format this Quantity

Parameters:

buf - input/output buffer

Returns:

buf with formatted info