Package pulse.properties

Class NumericProperties

java.lang.Object

pulse.properties.NumericProperties

public class NumericProperties
extends Object

Default operations with NumericProperties

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static int	compare(NumericProperty a, NumericProperty b)	Compares the numeric values of this NumericProperty and arg0
static NumericProperty	def(NumericPropertyKeyword keyword)	Searches for the default NumericProperty corresponding to keyword in the list of pre-defined properties loaded from the respective .xml file.
static List<NumericProperty>	defaultList()
static NumericProperty	derive(NumericPropertyKeyword keyword, Number value)	Searches for the default NumericProperty corresponding to keyword in the list of pre-defined properties loaded from the respective .xml file, and if found creates a new {
static boolean	isDiscrete(NumericPropertyKeyword key)
static boolean	isValueSensible(NumericProperty property, Number val)	Checks whether the val that is going to be passed to the property (a) has the same type as the property.getValue() object; (b) is confined within the definition domain: minimum <= value <= maximum.
static String	printRangeAndNumber(NumericProperty p, Number value)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

isValueSensible

public static boolean isValueSensible(NumericProperty property,
                                      Number val)

Checks whether the val that is going to be passed to the property (a) has the same type as the property.getValue() object; (b) is confined within the definition domain: minimum <= value <= maximum.

Parameters:

property - the property containing the definition domain

val - a numeric value, the conformity of which to the definition domain needs to be checked

Returns:

true if minimum <= val <= maximum and if both val and value are instances of the same class; false otherwise

printRangeAndNumber

public static String printRangeAndNumber(NumericProperty p,
                                         Number value)

defaultList

public static List<NumericProperty> defaultList()

def

public static NumericProperty def(NumericPropertyKeyword keyword)

Searches for the default NumericProperty corresponding to keyword in the list of pre-defined properties loaded from the respective .xml file.

Parameters:

keyword - one of the constant NumericPropertyKeywords

Returns:

a NumericProperty in the default list of properties

See Also:

NumericPropertyKeyword

compare

public static int compare(NumericProperty a,
                          NumericProperty b)

Compares the numeric values of this NumericProperty and arg0

Parameters:

a - a NumericProperty

b - another NumericProperty

Returns:

true if the values are equals

derive

public static NumericProperty derive(NumericPropertyKeyword keyword,
                                     Number value)

Searches for the default NumericProperty corresponding to keyword in the list of pre-defined properties loaded from the respective .xml file, and if found creates a new {

Parameters:

keyword - one of the constant NumericPropertyKeywords

value - the new value for the created NumericProperty

Returns:

a new NumericProperty that is built according to the default pattern specified by the keyword, but with a different value

See Also:

NumericPropertyKeyword

isDiscrete

public static boolean isDiscrete(NumericPropertyKeyword key)