com.dautelle.physics
Class AmountOfSubstance

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Number
      com.dautelle.math.numbers.RealtimeNumber
          com.dautelle.physics.Quantity
              com.dautelle.physics.AmountOfSubstance

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable, Operable, Realtime, Representable, java.io.Serializable

public class AmountOfSubstance

extends Quantity

This class represents the number of elementary entities (molecules, for example) of a substance. The system unit for this quantity is "mol" (Système International d'Unités).

Version:

4.1, February 10, 2003

Author:

Jean-Marie Dautelle

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class com.dautelle.physics.Quantity

Quantity.Factory, Quantity.Value

Field Summary

static AmountOfSubstance

ZERO Represents a AmountOfSubstance amounting to nothing.

Constructor Summary

protected

AmountOfSubstance() Default constructor (allows for derivation).

Method Summary

static AmountOfSubstance	amountOfSubstanceOf(Quantity quantity) Returns the AmountOfSubstance corresponding to the specified quantity.
static void	showAs(Unit unit) Shows AmountOfSubstance instances in the specified unit.

Methods inherited from class com.dautelle.physics.Quantity

abs, add, appendTo, approxEquals, approxEquals, compareTo, divide, divide, doubleValue, doubleValue, equals, floatValue, floatValue, getAbsoluteError, getMaximum, getMinimum, getOutputUnit, getRelativeError, getSystemUnit, hashCode, intValue, intValue, inverse, isPossiblyZero, longValue, longValue, multiply, multiply, negate, opposite, plus, pow, random, reciprocal, root, subtract, times, toString, toString, toXml, valueOf, valueOf, valueOf, valueOf

Methods inherited from class com.dautelle.math.numbers.RealtimeNumber

clone, export, isLocalObject, isPoolObject, pow, recycle, toHeap

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Number

byteValue, shortValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

ZERO

public static final AmountOfSubstance ZERO

Represents a AmountOfSubstance amounting to nothing.

Constructor Detail

AmountOfSubstance

protected AmountOfSubstance()

Default constructor (allows for derivation).

Method Detail

amountOfSubstanceOf

public static AmountOfSubstance amountOfSubstanceOf(Quantity quantity)

Returns the AmountOfSubstance corresponding to the specified quantity.

Parameters:

quantity - a quantity compatible with AmountOfSubstance.

Returns:

the specified quantity or a new AmountOfSubstance instance.

Throws:

ConversionException - if the current model does not allow the specified quantity to be converted to AmountOfSubstance.

showAs

public static void showAs(Unit unit)

Shows AmountOfSubstance instances in the specified unit.

Parameters:

unit - the output unit for AmountOfSubstance instances.

See Also:

Quantity.getOutputUnit()