com.purpletech.graph
Class IntegerUnit

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.purpletech.graph.IntegerUnit

All Implemented Interfaces:

Unit

public class IntegerUnit

extends java.lang.Object

implements Unit

An IntegerUnit maps an int to a string representation. It also provides a natural interval (UnitInterval).

Version:

$Id: IntegerUnit.java,v 1.2 2001/10/30 12:20:51 alex Exp $

Author:

Alex

Field Summary

protected java.lang.Object

type

Constructor Summary

IntegerUnit()

Method Summary

protected void	checkType(java.lang.Object val)
int	fromObject(java.lang.Object val) converts from an Object representing an actual value in the real units to an int.
int	fromString(java.lang.String val) converts from a String representing an actual value in the real units to an int.
UnitInterval	getUnitInterval()
java.lang.String	toString(int val) converts from int to a String representation of this unit
java.lang.String	toString(java.lang.Object val) converts from some Object type to a String representation of this unit

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

type

protected java.lang.Object type

Constructor Detail

IntegerUnit

public IntegerUnit()

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString(int val)

converts from int to a String representation of this unit

Specified by:

toString in interface Unit

toString

public java.lang.String toString(java.lang.Object val)

converts from some Object type to a String representation of this unit

Specified by:

toString in interface Unit

Parameters:

val - an object containing the value, usually a number wrapper

fromString

public int fromString(java.lang.String val)

converts from a String representing an actual value in the real units to an int.

Specified by:

fromString in interface Unit

Parameters:

val - a String representing an actual value in the real units

Returns:

an int in the abstract scale

fromObject

public int fromObject(java.lang.Object val)

converts from an Object representing an actual value in the real units to an int.

Specified by:

fromObject in interface Unit

Parameters:

val - a String representing an actual value in the real units

Returns:

an int in the abstract scale

getUnitInterval

public UnitInterval getUnitInterval()

Specified by:

getUnitInterval in interface Unit

checkType

protected void checkType(java.lang.Object val)