Class Position

    • Field Detail

      • ZERO

        public static final Position ZERO
        Constant with value zero.
    • Constructor Detail

      • Position

        public Position​(double value,
                        PositionUnit unit)
        Construct Position scalar.
        Parameters:
        value - double; value
        unit - PositionUnit; unit for the double value
      • Position

        public Position​(Position value)
        Construct Position scalar.
        Parameters:
        value - Position; Scalar from which to construct this instance
    • Method Detail

      • instantiateAbs

        public final Position instantiateAbs​(double value,
                                             PositionUnit unit)
        Construct a new Absolute Immutable DoubleScalar of the right type. Each extending class must implement this method.
        Parameters:
        value - double; the double value
        unit - AU; the absolute unit
        Returns:
        A a new absolute instance of the DoubleScalar of the right type
      • instantiateRel

        public final Length instantiateRel​(double value,
                                           LengthUnit unit)
        Construct a new Relative Immutable DoubleScalar of the right type. Each extending class must implement this method.
        Parameters:
        value - double; the double value
        unit - RU; the unit
        Returns:
        R a new relative instance of the DoubleScalar of the right type
      • instantiateSI

        public static final Position instantiateSI​(double value)
        Construct Position scalar.
        Parameters:
        value - double; value in SI units
        Returns:
        Position; the new scalar with the SI value
      • interpolate

        public static Position interpolate​(Position zero,
                                           Position one,
                                           double ratio)
        Interpolate between two values.
        Parameters:
        zero - Position; the low value
        one - Position; the high value
        ratio - double; the ratio between 0 and 1, inclusive
        Returns:
        Position; a Scalar at the ratio between
      • max

        public static Position max​(Position a1,
                                   Position a2)
        Return the maximum value of two absolute scalars.
        Parameters:
        a1 - Position; the first scalar
        a2 - Position; the second scalar
        Returns:
        Position; the maximum value of two absolute scalars
      • max

        public static Position max​(Position a1,
                                   Position a2,
                                   Position... an)
        Return the maximum value of more than two absolute scalars.
        Parameters:
        a1 - Position; the first scalar
        a2 - Position; the second scalar
        an - Position...; the other scalars
        Returns:
        the maximum value of more than two absolute scalars
      • min

        public static Position min​(Position a1,
                                   Position a2)
        Return the minimum value of two absolute scalars.
        Parameters:
        a1 - Position; the first scalar
        a2 - Position; the second scalar
        Returns:
        the minimum value of two absolute scalars
      • min

        public static Position min​(Position a1,
                                   Position a2,
                                   Position... an)
        Return the minimum value of more than two absolute scalars.
        Parameters:
        a1 - Position; the first scalar
        a2 - Position; the second scalar
        an - Position...; the other scalars
        Returns:
        the minimum value of more than two absolute scalars
      • valueOf

        public static Position valueOf​(String text)
        Returns a Position representation of a textual representation of a value with a unit. The String representation that can be parsed is the double value in the unit, followed by the official abbreviation of the unit. Spaces are allowed, but not required, between the value and the unit.
        Parameters:
        text - String; the textual representation to parse into a Position
        Returns:
        Position; the Scalar representation of the value in its unit
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - when the text cannot be parsed
        NullPointerException - when the text argument is null
      • of

        public static Position of​(double value,
                                  String unitString)
        Returns a Position based on a value and the textual representation of the unit.
        Parameters:
        value - double; the value to use
        unitString - String; the textual representation of the unit
        Returns:
        Position; the Scalar representation of the value in its unit
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - when the unit cannot be parsed or is incorrect
        NullPointerException - when the unitString argument is null