Package ucar.units

Class UnitDimension

java.lang.Object

ucar.units.Dimension

ucar.units.UnitDimension

@Immutable
public final class UnitDimension
extends Dimension

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ucar.units.Dimension

_factors

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
UnitDimension()	Constructs a dimensionless unit dimension.
UnitDimension(BaseUnit baseUnit)	Constructs the unit dimension corresponding to a base unit.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
UnitDimension	divideBy(UnitDimension that)	Divides this unit dimension by another.
QuantityDimension	getQuantityDimension()	Returns the corresponding quantity dimension.
UnitDimension	multiplyBy(UnitDimension that)	Multiplies this unit dimension by another.
UnitDimension	raiseTo(int power)	Raises this unit dimension to a power.

Methods inherited from class ucar.units.Dimension

equals, getFactors, getRank, hashCode, isDimensionless, isReciprocalOf, mult, pow, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

UnitDimension

public UnitDimension()

Constructs a dimensionless unit dimension.

UnitDimension

public UnitDimension(BaseUnit baseUnit)

Constructs the unit dimension corresponding to a base unit.

Parameters:

baseUnit - A base unit.

Method Detail

multiplyBy

public UnitDimension multiplyBy(UnitDimension that)

Multiplies this unit dimension by another.

Parameters:

that - The other unit dimension.

Returns:

The product of this unit dimension multiplied by the other.

divideBy

public UnitDimension divideBy(UnitDimension that)

Divides this unit dimension by another.

Parameters:

that - The other unit dimension.

Returns:

The quotient of this unit dimension divided by the other.

raiseTo

public UnitDimension raiseTo(int power)

Raises this unit dimension to a power.

Parameters:

power - The power.

Returns:

The result of raising this unit dimension to the power.

getQuantityDimension

public QuantityDimension getQuantityDimension()

Returns the corresponding quantity dimension.

Returns:

The quantity dimension corresponding to this unit dimension.