org.jscience.physics.quantities
Class ElectricCharge

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class ElectricCharge
extends Quantity

This class represents an electric charge. The system unit for this quantity is "s·A". By default, instances of this class are showed in Coulomb ("C").

Version:

1.0, October 24, 2004

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 ElectricCharge	ELEMENTARY Holds the elementary charge (positron charge).
static ElectricCharge	ZERO Represents a ElectricCharge amounting to nothing.

Constructor Summary

protected

ElectricCharge() Default constructor (allows for derivation).

Method Summary

static void

showAs(Unit unit) Shows ElectricCharge 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 ElectricCharge ZERO

Represents a ElectricCharge amounting to nothing.

ELEMENTARY

public static final ElectricCharge ELEMENTARY

Holds the elementary charge (positron charge).

Constructor Detail

ElectricCharge

protected ElectricCharge()

Default constructor (allows for derivation).

Method Detail

showAs

public static void showAs(Unit unit)

Shows ElectricCharge instances in the specified unit.

Parameters:

unit - the display unit for ElectricCharge instances.