visad.data.units
Class UnitPrefix

java.lang.Object
  visad.data.units.UnitPrefix

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class UnitPrefix
extends Object
implements Serializable

Class for representing unit prefixes.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

String	name The name of the prefix:
double	value The value of the prefix:

Constructor Summary

UnitPrefix(String name, double value)
Construct.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name

public final String name

The name of the prefix:

value

public final double value

The value of the prefix:

Constructor Detail

UnitPrefix

public UnitPrefix(String name,
                  double value)

Construct.

Parameters:

name - The name of the prefix (e.g. "mega", "M").

value - The value of the prefix (e.g. 1e6).

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - One of the arguments was null.

Requirements:

The arguments shall be non-null.