ucar.units
Interface Converter

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConverterImpl, TimeScaleUnit.MyConverter, UnitImpl.MyConverter

public interface Converter

Interface for converting numeric values from one unit to another.

Version:

$Id: Converter.java 64 2006-07-12 22:30:50Z edavis $

Author:

Steven R. Emmerson

See Also:

Unit.getConverterTo(Unit)

Method Summary

double	convert(double amount) Converts a numeric value.
double[]	convert(double[] amounts) Converts an array of numeric values.
double[]	convert(double[] input, double[] output) Converts an array of numeric values.
float	convert(float amount) Converts a numeric value.
float[]	convert(float[] amounts) Converts an array of numeric values.
float[]	convert(float[] input, float[] output) Converts an array of numeric values.

Method Detail

convert

float convert(float amount)

Converts a numeric value.

Parameters:

amount - The numeric value to convert.

Returns:

The converted numeric value.

convert

double convert(double amount)

Converts a numeric value.

Parameters:

amount - The numeric value to convert.

Returns:

The converted numeric value.

convert

float[] convert(float[] amounts)

Converts an array of numeric values.

Parameters:

amounts - The numeric values to convert.

Returns:

The converted numeric values in allocated space.

convert

double[] convert(double[] amounts)

Converts an array of numeric values.

Parameters:

amounts - The numeric values to convert.

Returns:

The converted numeric values in allocated space.

convert

float[] convert(float[] input,
                float[] output)

Converts an array of numeric values.

Parameters:

input - The numeric values to convert.

output - The converted numeric values. May be same array as input.

Returns:

output.

convert

double[] convert(double[] input,
                 double[] output)

Converts an array of numeric values.

Parameters:

input - The numeric values to convert.

output - The converted numeric values. May be same array as input.

Returns:

output.