visad.data.in
Class ValueProcessor

java.lang.Object
  visad.data.in.ValueProcessor

Direct Known Subclasses:

ValueRanger, ValueUnpacker, ValueVetter

public abstract class ValueProcessor
extends Object

Provides support for processing primitive data values (i.e. checking their values, converting them, etc.).

Instances are immutable.

Author:

Steven R. Emmerson

Field Summary

protected static ValueProcessor

trivialProcessor The trivial processor (does nothing).

Constructor Summary

protected

ValueProcessor() Constructs from nothing.

Method Summary

abstract double	process(double value) Processes a double value.
abstract double[]	process(double[] values) Processes double values.
abstract float	process(float value) Processes a float value.
abstract float[]	process(float[] values) Processes float values.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

trivialProcessor

protected static final ValueProcessor trivialProcessor

The trivial processor (does nothing).

Constructor Detail

ValueProcessor

protected ValueProcessor()

Constructs from nothing.

Method Detail

process

public abstract float process(float value)

Processes a float value.

Parameters:

value - The value to be processed.

Returns:

The processed value.

process

public abstract double process(double value)

Processes a double value.

Parameters:

value - The value to be processed.

Returns:

The processed value.

process

public abstract float[] process(float[] values)

Processes float values.

Parameters:

values - The values to be processed.

Returns:

The processed values (same array as input).

process

public abstract double[] process(double[] values)

Processes double values.

Parameters:

values - The values to be processed.

Returns:

The processed values (same array as input).