ucar.units

Interface DerivedUnit

All Superinterfaces:

Unit

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseUnit, DerivedUnitImpl, UnknownUnit

public interface DerivedUnit
extends Unit

Interface for derived units.

Version:

$Id: DerivedUnit.java 64 2006-07-12 22:30:50Z edavis $

Author:

Steven R. Emmerson

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
UnitDimension	getDimension() Returns the unit dimension of this derived unit.
QuantityDimension	getQuantityDimension() Return the quantity dimension of this derived unit.
boolean	isReciprocalOf(DerivedUnit that) Indicates if this derived unit is the reciprocal of another derived unit (e.g.

Methods inherited from interface ucar.units.Unit

clone, convertTo, convertTo, convertTo, convertTo, convertTo, convertTo, divideBy, divideInto, equals, getCanonicalString, getConverterTo, getDerivedUnit, getName, getPlural, getSymbol, getUnitName, isCompatible, isDimensionless, log, makeLabel, multiplyBy, multiplyBy, raiseTo, shiftTo, shiftTo, toString

Method Detail

isReciprocalOf

boolean isReciprocalOf(DerivedUnit that)

Indicates if this derived unit is the reciprocal of another derived unit (e.g. "second" and "hertz").

Parameters:

that - The other, derived unit.

getDimension

UnitDimension getDimension()

Returns the unit dimension of this derived unit. For example, the unit "newton" has the unit dimension "kg.m.s-2".

Returns:

The unit dimension of this derived unit.

getQuantityDimension

QuantityDimension getQuantityDimension()

Return the quantity dimension of this derived unit. For example, the unit "newton" has the quantity dimension "M.L.t-2").

Returns:

The quantity dimension of this derived unit.