com.dautelle.physics
Class Illuminance

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class Illuminance

extends Quantity

This class represents an illuminance. The system unit for this quantity is "cd·sr/m²". By default, instances of this class are showed in Lux ("lx").

Version:

6.0, June 13, 2004

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 Illuminance

ZERO Represents an Illuminance amounting to nothing.

Constructor Summary

protected

Illuminance() Default constructor (allows for derivation).

Method Summary

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

Represents an Illuminance amounting to nothing.

Constructor Detail

Illuminance

protected Illuminance()

Default constructor (allows for derivation).

Method Detail

illuminanceOf

public static Illuminance illuminanceOf(Quantity quantity)

Returns the Illuminance corresponding to the specified quantity.

Parameters:

quantity - a quantity compatible with Illuminance.

Returns:

the specified quantity or a new Illuminance instance.

Throws:

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

showAs

public static void showAs(Unit unit)

Shows Illuminance instances in the specified unit.

Parameters:

unit - the output unit for Illuminance instances.

See Also:

Quantity.getOutputUnit()