uk.ac.starlink.table
Interface ValueDomain

All Known Implementing Classes:
TimeDomain

public interface ValueDomain

Characterises a domain of values. Sub-interfaces of this type may have functionality such as numeric conversions associated with them. Values in the same domain can be meaningfully used in the same context, for instance compared against each other.

A typical usage is to provide conversions to a range with the same units and zero point, giving something like a one-dimensional coordinate frame, but without necessarily modelling all the subtleties that can be associated with coordinates. Its main job is to untangle different possible representations of physical values in input data.


Method Summary
 String getDescription()
           
 String getName()
           
 Class getValueClass()
           
 

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

getDescription

String getDescription()

getValueClass

Class getValueClass()


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