org.jscience.chemistry
Class Polymer

java.lang.Object
  org.jscience.chemistry.Polymer

public abstract class Polymer
extends java.lang.Object

The Polymer class represent molecules that are repeating many times.

Constructor Summary

Polymer(Molecule repeatingPart)
Creates a new Polymer object.

Method Summary

abstract Molecule	getMolecule(int polymerisationDegree) DOCUMENT ME!
Molecule	getRepeatingPart() DOCUMENT ME!

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Polymer

public Polymer(Molecule repeatingPart)

Creates a new Polymer object.

Parameters:

repeatingPart - DOCUMENT ME!

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - DOCUMENT ME!

Method Detail

getRepeatingPart

public Molecule getRepeatingPart()

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Returns:

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getMolecule

public abstract Molecule getMolecule(int polymerisationDegree)

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Parameters:

polymerisationDegree - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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