ucar.units
Class PrefixSymbol
java.lang.Object
ucar.units.Prefix
ucar.units.PrefixSymbol
- All Implemented Interfaces:
- Comparable<Object>
public final class PrefixSymbol
- extends Prefix
Provides support for prefix symbols.
Instances of this class are immutable.
- Version:
- $Id: PrefixSymbol.java 64 2006-07-12 22:30:50Z edavis $
- Author:
- Steven R. Emmerson
Constructor Summary |
PrefixSymbol(String name,
double value)
Constructs from a name and a numeric value. |
Method Summary |
int |
compareTo(Object obj)
Compares this prefix against another PrefixSymbol. |
int |
compareTo(String string)
Compares this prefix against a String. |
PrefixSymbol
public PrefixSymbol(String name,
double value)
- Constructs from a name and a numeric value.
- Parameters:
name
- The name for the prefix.value
- The numeric value for the prefix.
compareTo
public final int compareTo(Object obj)
- Compares this prefix against another PrefixSymbol. The sort keys are
decreasing length (major) and increasing lexicality (minor).
- Specified by:
compareTo
in interface Comparable<Object>
- Specified by:
compareTo
in class Prefix
- Parameters:
obj
- The other PrefixSymbol.
- Returns:
- A negative value, zero, or a positive value
depending on whether this PrefixSymbol is less
than, equal to, or greater than
obj
, respectively.
compareTo
public final int compareTo(String string)
- Compares this prefix against a String. The sort keys are
decreasing length (major) and increasing lexicality (minor).
- Specified by:
compareTo
in class Prefix
- Parameters:
string
- The string.
- Returns:
- A negative value, zero, or a positive value
depending on whether this PrefixSymbol is less
than, equal to, or greater than
string
, respectively.
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