com.dautelle.physics
Class RadiationDoseEffective

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class RadiationDoseEffective

extends Quantity

This class represents the effective (or "equivalent") dose of radiation received by a human or some other living organism. The system unit for this quantity is "Sv".

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 RadiationDoseEffective

ZERO Represents a RadiationDoseEffective amounting to nothing.

Constructor Summary

protected

RadiationDoseEffective() Default constructor (allows for derivation).

Method Summary

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

Represents a RadiationDoseEffective amounting to nothing.

Constructor Detail

RadiationDoseEffective

protected RadiationDoseEffective()

Default constructor (allows for derivation).

Method Detail

radiationDoseEffectiveOf

public static RadiationDoseEffective radiationDoseEffectiveOf(Quantity quantity)

Returns the RadiationDoseEffective corresponding to the specified quantity.

Parameters:

quantity - a quantity compatible with RadiationDoseEffective.

Returns:

the specified quantity or a new RadiationDoseEffective instance.

Throws:

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

showAs

public static void showAs(Unit unit)

Shows RadiationDoseEffective instances in the specified unit.

Parameters:

unit - the output unit for RadiationDoseEffective instances.

See Also:

Quantity.getOutputUnit()