manifold.science.api

Interface Dimension<S extends Dimension<S>>

Type Parameters:

S - Abstract dimension types are recursively defined to enforce type-safety

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<S>, ComparableUsing<S>, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Unit<D,U>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBinaryUnit, AbstractMeasure, AbstractPrimaryUnit, AbstractProductUnit, AbstractQuotientUnit

public interface Dimension<S extends Dimension<S>>
extends ComparableUsing<S>, Serializable

Dimension is the basis for a physical dimension. It models a dimension has having a measure represented as a Rational value and common arithmetic operations which also serve as operator overloads.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface manifold.ext.rt.api.ComparableUsing

ComparableUsing.EqualityMode, ComparableUsing.Operator

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
S	copy(manifold.science.util.Rational value) Given a value produce a copy of this dimension with the given value
default S	div(Number operand)
default manifold.science.util.Rational	div(S operand)
S	fromNumber(manifold.science.util.Rational value)
default S	minus(S operand)
default S	plus(S operand)
default S	rem(Number operand)
default manifold.science.util.Rational	rem(S operand)
default S	times(Number operand)
default manifold.science.util.Rational	toBaseNumber()
manifold.science.util.Rational	toNumber()
default S	unaryMinus()

Methods inherited from interface manifold.ext.rt.api.ComparableUsing

compareToUsing, equalityMode

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

copy

S copy(manifold.science.util.Rational value)

Given a value produce a copy of this dimension with the given value

toNumber

manifold.science.util.Rational toNumber()

Returns:

the value for this dimension instance.

toBaseNumber

default manifold.science.util.Rational toBaseNumber()

fromNumber

S fromNumber(manifold.science.util.Rational value)

Returns:

a separate instance of this type with the given value.

unaryMinus

default S unaryMinus()

plus

default S plus(S operand)

minus

default S minus(S operand)

div

default manifold.science.util.Rational div(S operand)

rem

default manifold.science.util.Rational rem(S operand)

times

default S times(Number operand)

div

default S div(Number operand)

rem

default S rem(Number operand)