ptolemy.data.unit
Class UnitCategory

java.lang.Object
  ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj
      ptolemy.kernel.util.Attribute
          ptolemy.data.unit.UnitCategory

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, Changeable, Debuggable, DebugListener, Derivable, ModelErrorHandler, MoMLExportable, Moveable, Nameable

public class UnitCategory
extends Attribute

A property that specifies the category of a base unit. For example, in the International System of Units, the base unit meter has the category length.

Since:

Ptolemy II 2.0

Version:

$Id: UnitCategory.java 57040 2010-01-27 20:52:32Z cxh $

Author:

Xiaojun Liu

See Also:

BaseUnit, Serialized Form

Accepted Rating:

Red (liuxj)

Proposed Rating:

Red (liuxj)

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj

NamedObj.ContainedObjectsIterator

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj

_changeListeners, _changeLock, _changeRequests, _debugging, _debugListeners, _elementName, _isPersistent, _verbose, _workspace, ATTRIBUTES, CLASSNAME, COMPLETE, CONTENTS, DEEP, FULLNAME, LINKS

Constructor Summary

UnitCategory()
Construct a unit category in the default workspace with an empty string as its name.

UnitCategory(NamedObj container, java.lang.String name)
Construct a unit category property with the given name contained by the specified entity.

UnitCategory(Workspace workspace)
Construct an attribute in the specified workspace with an empty string as a name.

Method Summary

BaseUnit	getBaseUnit() Return the base unit.
void	setContainer(NamedObj container) Set the container and register this object in to the system wide unit system by calling UnitUtilities.registerUnitCategory(String).

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.Attribute

_checkContainer, _getContainedObject, _propagateExistence, clone, getContainer, moveDown, moveToFirst, moveToIndex, moveToLast, moveUp, setName, updateContent

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj

_addAttribute, _adjustOverride, _attachText, _cloneFixAttributeFields, _debug, _debug, _debug, _debug, _debug, _description, _exportMoMLContents, _getIndentPrefix, _isMoMLSuppressed, _markContentsDerived, _propagateValue, _recordDecoratedAttributes, _removeAttribute, _splitName, _stripNumericSuffix, _validateSettables, addChangeListener, addDebugListener, attributeChanged, attributeList, attributeList, attributeTypeChanged, clone, containedObjectsIterator, deepContains, depthInHierarchy, description, description, event, executeChangeRequests, exportMoML, exportMoML, exportMoML, exportMoML, exportMoML, exportMoMLPlain, getAttribute, getAttribute, getAttributes, getChangeListeners, getClassName, getDecoratorAttribute, getDecoratorAttributes, getDerivedLevel, getDerivedList, getDisplayName, getElementName, getFullName, getModelErrorHandler, getName, getName, getPrototypeList, getSource, handleModelError, isDeferringChangeRequests, isOverridden, isPersistent, lazyContainedObjectsIterator, message, propagateExistence, propagateValue, propagateValues, removeChangeListener, removeDebugListener, requestChange, setClassName, setDeferringChangeRequests, setDerivedLevel, setDisplayName, setModelErrorHandler, setPersistent, setSource, sortContainedObjects, toplevel, toString, uniqueName, validateSettables, workspace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UnitCategory

public UnitCategory()

Construct a unit category in the default workspace with an empty string as its name. The object is added to the directory of the workspace. Increment the version number of the workspace.

UnitCategory

public UnitCategory(Workspace workspace)

Construct an attribute in the specified workspace with an empty string as a name. You can then change the name with setName(). If the workspace argument is null, then use the default workspace. The object is added to the directory of the workspace. Increment the version number of the workspace.

Parameters:

workspace - The workspace that will list the attribute.

UnitCategory

public UnitCategory(NamedObj container,
                    java.lang.String name)
             throws IllegalActionException,
                    NameDuplicationException

Construct a unit category property with the given name contained by the specified entity. The container argument must not be null, or a NullPointerException will be thrown. This attribute will use the workspace of the container for synchronization and version counts. If the name argument is null, then the name is set to the empty string. Increment the version of the workspace.

This constructor adds the created object to the system wide UnitSystem by calling UnitUtilities.registerUnitCategory(String)

Parameters:

container - The container.

name - The name of this attribute.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If the attribute is not of an acceptable class for the container, or if the name contains a period.

NameDuplicationException - If the name coincides with an attribute already in the container.

Method Detail

getBaseUnit

public BaseUnit getBaseUnit()

Return the base unit.

Returns:

The base unit.

setContainer

public void setContainer(NamedObj container)
                  throws IllegalActionException,
                         NameDuplicationException

Set the container and register this object in to the system wide unit system by calling UnitUtilities.registerUnitCategory(String).

Overrides:

setContainer in class Attribute

Parameters:

container - The container to attach this attribute to. The type of the container must be an instances of BaseUnit.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If Attribute.setContainer() throws it.

NameDuplicationException - If Attribute.setContainer() throws it.

See Also:

Attribute.getContainer()