com.dautelle.physics
Class Force

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class Force

extends Quantity

This class represents a quantity that tends to produce an acceleration of a body in the direction of its application. The system unit for this quantity is "m·kg/s²". By default, instances of this class are showed in Newton ("N").

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 Force

ZERO Represents a Force amounting to nothing.

Constructor Summary

protected

Force() Default constructor (allows for derivation).

Method Summary

static Force	forceOf(Quantity quantity) Returns the Force corresponding to the specified quantity.
static void	showAs(Unit unit) Shows Force 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 Force ZERO

Represents a Force amounting to nothing.

Constructor Detail

Force

protected Force()

Default constructor (allows for derivation).

Method Detail

forceOf

public static Force forceOf(Quantity quantity)

Returns the Force corresponding to the specified quantity.

Parameters:

quantity - a quantity compatible with Force.

Returns:

the specified quantity or a new Force instance.

Throws:

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

showAs

public static void showAs(Unit unit)

Shows Force instances in the specified unit.

Parameters:

unit - the output unit for Force instances.

See Also:

Quantity.getOutputUnit()