org.jscience.physics.quantities
Class AmountOfSubstance

java.lang.Object
  javolution.realtime.RealtimeObject
      org.jscience.mathematics.numbers.Number<Quantity>
          org.jscience.physics.quantities.Quantity
              org.jscience.physics.quantities.AmountOfSubstance

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<Quantity>, Realtime, Operable<Quantity>, Numeric<Quantity>

public class AmountOfSubstance
extends Quantity

This class represents the number of elementary entities (molecules, for example) of a substance. The system unit for this quantity is "mol" (Système International d'Unités).

Version:

2.0, June 12, 2005

Author:

Jean-Marie Dautelle

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.jscience.physics.quantities.Quantity

Quantity.Factory<Q extends Quantity>

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface javolution.realtime.Realtime

Realtime.ObjectSpace

Field Summary

static AmountOfSubstance

ZERO Represents a AmountOfSubstance amounting to nothing.

Constructor Summary

protected

AmountOfSubstance() Default constructor (allows for derivation).

Method Summary

static void

showAs(Unit unit) Shows AmountOfSubstance instances in the specified unit.

Methods inherited from class org.jscience.physics.quantities.Quantity

approxEquals, compareTo, divide, doubleValue, equals, getAbsoluteError, getAmount, getMaximum, getMinimum, getRelativeError, getUnit, hashCode, isLargerThan, longValue, minus, norm, opposite, plus, rangeOf, reciprocal, root, sqrt, times, times, to, toText, valueOf, valueOf, valueOf

Methods inherited from class org.jscience.mathematics.numbers.Number

abs, byteValue, divide, floatValue, intValue, inverse, isGreaterThan, isLessThan, pow, shortValue

Methods inherited from class javolution.realtime.RealtimeObject

export, move, moveHeap, preserve, recycle, toString, unpreserve

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface javolution.realtime.Realtime

move

Field Detail

ZERO

public static final AmountOfSubstance ZERO

Represents a AmountOfSubstance amounting to nothing.

Constructor Detail

AmountOfSubstance

protected AmountOfSubstance()

Default constructor (allows for derivation).

Method Detail

showAs

public static void showAs(Unit unit)

Shows AmountOfSubstance instances in the specified unit.

Parameters:

unit - the display unit for AmountOfSubstance instances.