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>, manifold.ext.rt.api.ComparableUsing<S>, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Unit<D,U>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBinaryUnit, AbstractMeasure, AbstractPrimaryUnit, AbstractProductUnit, AbstractQuotientUnit, Acceleration, AccelerationUnit, Angle, AngleUnit, Area, AreaUnit, Capacitance, CapacitanceUnit, Charge, ChargeUnit, Conductance, ConductanceUnit, Current, CurrentUnit, Density, DensityUnit, Energy, EnergyUnit, Force, ForceUnit, Frequency, FrequencyUnit, HeatCapacity, HeatCapacityUnit, Inductance, InductanceUnit, Length, LengthUnit, LengthVector, MagneticFlux, MagneticFluxDensity, MagneticFluxDensityUnit, MagneticFluxUnit, Mass, MassUnit, Momentum, MomentumUnit, Potential, PotentialUnit, Power, PowerUnit, Pressure, PressureUnit, Resistance, ResistanceUnit, SolidAngle, SolidAngleUnit, StorageCapacity, StorageCapacityUnit, Temperature, TemperatureUnit, Time, TimeUnit, TimeVector, Vector, Velocity, VelocityUnit, VelocityVector, Volume, VolumeUnit

public interface Dimension<S extends Dimension<S>>
extends manifold.ext.rt.api.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

manifold.ext.rt.api.ComparableUsing.EqualityMode, manifold.ext.rt.api.ComparableUsing.Operator

Method Summary

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

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

toNumber

Rational toNumber()

Returns:

the value for this dimension instance.

toBaseNumber

default Rational toBaseNumber()

fromNumber

S fromNumber(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 Rational div(S operand)

rem

default Rational rem(S operand)

times

default S times(Number operand)

div

default S div(Number operand)

rem

default S rem(Number operand)