com.tensegrity.composite.coordinate
Class ScaleUtilities

java.lang.Object
  com.tensegrity.composite.coordinate.ScaleUtilities

public final class ScaleUtilities

extends java.lang.Object

This class provides some general functionalities needed to work with Scales.

Version:

$Id: ScaleUtilities.java,v 1.7 2004/03/17 12:01:47 MichaelKegel Exp $

Author:

MichaelKegel

Method Summary

static MutableScale	convertToMutableScale(Scale scale) Returns a MutableScale holding the same values as the given immutable Scale.
static MutableScale	convertToMutableScaleCopy(Scale scale) Returns a MutableScale holding the same values as the given immutable Scale.
static java.lang.String	getCanonicalDescription(java.lang.String type, double minimum, double maximum) Returns the canonical description of a Scale.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

convertToMutableScale

public static final MutableScale convertToMutableScale(Scale scale)

Returns a MutableScale holding the same values as the given immutable Scale.

Parameters:

scale - the Scale to copy the values from.

Returns:

a mutable version of the given Scale.

convertToMutableScaleCopy

public static final MutableScale convertToMutableScaleCopy(Scale scale)

Returns a MutableScale holding the same values as the given immutable Scale. This function ensures that the returned MutableScale is another instance than the given one.

Parameters:

scale - the Scale to copy the values from.

Returns:

a mutable version of the given Scale.

getCanonicalDescription

public static final java.lang.String getCanonicalDescription(java.lang.String type,
                                                             double minimum,
                                                             double maximum)

Returns the canonical description of a Scale.

Parameters:

type - the type of the Scale

minimum - the minimum value for the scale

maximum - the maximum value for the scale

Returns:

String the canonical description of the Scale