org.opentrafficsim.core.unit

Class MassUnit

java.lang.Object

org.opentrafficsim.core.unit.Unit<MassUnit>

org.opentrafficsim.core.unit.MassUnit

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class MassUnit
extends Unit<MassUnit>

Standard mass units. Several conversion factors have been taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_of_units.

Copyright (c) 2014 Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5, 2600 AA, Delft, the Netherlands. All rights reserved.
BSD-style license. See OpenTrafficSim License.

Version:

May 15, 2014

Author:

Alexander Verbraeck

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static MassUnit	DALTON dalton.
static MassUnit	ELECTRONVOLT electronvolt via E=mc^2.
static MassUnit	GRAM gram.
static MassUnit	KILOGRAM kilogram.
static MassUnit	OUNCE pound.
static MassUnit	POUND pound.
static MassUnit	SI The SI unit for mass is kilogram.
static MassUnit	TON_LONG long ton = 2240 lb.
static MassUnit	TON_METRIC metric ton = 1000 kg.
static MassUnit	TON_SHORT short ton = 2000 lb.
static MassUnit	TONNE metric ton = 1000 kg.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MassUnit(String nameKey, String abbreviationKey, UnitSystem unitSystem) Build a standard unit.
MassUnit(String nameKey, String abbreviationKey, UnitSystem unitSystem, MassUnit referenceUnit, double conversionFactorToReferenceUnit) Build a unit with a conversion factor to another unit.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getSICoefficientsString()
MassUnit	getStandardUnit()

Methods inherited from class org.opentrafficsim.core.unit.Unit

getAbbreviation, getAbbreviationKey, getAllUnitsOfThisType, getConversionFactorToStandardUnit, getName, getNameKey, getSICoefficients, getUnits, getUnitSystem, lookupOrCreateSIUnitWithSICoefficients, lookupOrCreateUnitWithSICoefficients, lookupUnitWithSICoefficients, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

SI

public static final MassUnit SI

The SI unit for mass is kilogram.

KILOGRAM

public static final MassUnit KILOGRAM

kilogram.

GRAM

public static final MassUnit GRAM

gram.

POUND

public static final MassUnit POUND

pound.

OUNCE

public static final MassUnit OUNCE

pound.

TON_LONG

public static final MassUnit TON_LONG

long ton = 2240 lb.

TON_SHORT

public static final MassUnit TON_SHORT

short ton = 2000 lb.

TON_METRIC

public static final MassUnit TON_METRIC

metric ton = 1000 kg.

TONNE

public static final MassUnit TONNE

metric ton = 1000 kg.

ELECTRONVOLT

public static final MassUnit ELECTRONVOLT

electronvolt via E=mc^2.

DALTON

public static final MassUnit DALTON

dalton.

Constructor Detail

MassUnit

public MassUnit(String nameKey,
                String abbreviationKey,
                UnitSystem unitSystem)

Build a standard unit.

Parameters:

nameKey - the key to the locale file for the long name of the unit

abbreviationKey - the key to the locale file for the abbreviation of the unit

unitSystem - the unit system, e.g. SI or Imperial

MassUnit

public MassUnit(String nameKey,
                String abbreviationKey,
                UnitSystem unitSystem,
                MassUnit referenceUnit,
                double conversionFactorToReferenceUnit)

Build a unit with a conversion factor to another unit.

Parameters:

nameKey - the key to the locale file for the long name of the unit

abbreviationKey - the key to the locale file for the abbreviation of the unit

unitSystem - the unit system, e.g. SI or Imperial

referenceUnit - the unit to convert to

conversionFactorToReferenceUnit - multiply a value in this unit by the factor to convert to the given reference unit

Method Detail

getStandardUnit

public final MassUnit getStandardUnit()

Specified by:

getStandardUnit in class Unit<MassUnit>

Returns:

the SI standard unit for this unit, or the de facto standard unit if SI is not available

getSICoefficientsString

public final String getSICoefficientsString()

Specified by:

getSICoefficientsString in class Unit<MassUnit>

Returns:

the SI standard coefficients for this unit, e.g., kgm/s2 or m-2s2A or m^-2.s^2.A or m^-2s^2A (not necessarily normalized)