org.jscience.physics.quantities
Class Illuminance

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class Illuminance
extends Quantity

This class represents an illuminance. The system unit for this quantity is "cd·sr/m²". By default, instances of this class are showed in Lux ("lx").

Version:

6.0, June 13, 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 Illuminance

ZERO Represents a Illuminance amounting to nothing.

Constructor Summary

protected

Illuminance() Default constructor (allows for derivation).

Method Summary

static void

showAs(Unit unit) Shows Illuminance 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 Illuminance ZERO

Represents a Illuminance amounting to nothing.

Constructor Detail

Illuminance

protected Illuminance()

Default constructor (allows for derivation).

Method Detail

showAs

public static void showAs(Unit unit)

Shows Illuminance instances in the specified unit.

Parameters:

unit - the display unit for Illuminance instances.