edu.nrao.sss.util
Interface Symbolic

All Known Implementing Classes:
AngularVelocityUnits, ArcUnits, DistanceUnits, FluxDensityUnits, FrequencyUnits, LinearVelocityUnits, TimeUnits

public interface Symbolic

An object that has a text symbol.

Version Info:

$Revision: 1427 $
$Date: 2008-07-18 11:06:05 -0600 (Fri, 18 Jul 2008) $
$Author: dharland $

Since:
2006-08-11
Author:
David M. Harland

Method Summary
 String getSymbol()
          Returns the text symbol for this object.
 boolean symbolsAreCaseSensitive()
          Returns true if the case of the symbols carry meaning.
 

Method Detail

getSymbol

String getSymbol()
Returns the text symbol for this object. Examples of text symbols are "km" for "kilometer", "$" for "dollars", and "°" for "degrees".

Returns:
the text symbol for this object.

symbolsAreCaseSensitive

boolean symbolsAreCaseSensitive()
Returns true if the case of the symbols carry meaning. For example, "mHz" is much smaller a measurement than "MHz".

Returns:
true if the case of the symbols carry meaning.


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