com.tensegrity.generic.util.metric
Class MetricExpression

java.lang.Object
  com.tensegrity.generic.util.metric.MetricExpression

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable

public class MetricExpression

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Comparable

The MetricExpression class represents a metric expression. A metric expression consists of a value and a certain unit and depicts a length. So the structure of a metric expression looks like:

    ValueUnit

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Version:

$Id: MetricExpression.java,v 1.4 2006/01/26 13:03:56 MichaelKegel Exp $

Author:

MKegel

See Also:

Metric, MetricConstants, MetricExpressionParser

Field Summary

int	unit instance variable for the length unit
double	value instance variable for the length value

Constructor Summary

MetricExpression(double value, int unit)
Constructor with given value and unit for the length to express.

MetricExpression(MetricExpression other)
Copy constructor.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone()
int	compareTo(java.lang.Object o)
MetricExpression	deepCopy() Creates a deep copy from this instance of MetricExpression.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

value

public double value

instance variable for the length value

unit

public int unit

instance variable for the length unit

Constructor Detail

MetricExpression

public MetricExpression(double value,
                        int unit)

Constructor with given value and unit for the length to express.

Parameters:

value - the value of the length

unit - the unit of the length

MetricExpression

public MetricExpression(MetricExpression other)

Copy constructor.

Parameters:

other - the MetricExpression instance to create a copy from

Method Detail

deepCopy

public MetricExpression deepCopy()

Creates a deep copy from this instance of MetricExpression.

Returns:

MetricExpression to deep copy

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object o)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()