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Class ExpValue

java.lang.Object
  byucc.edif.ExpValue

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class ExpValue

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

Represents a base number with an exponent value. This object is immutable.

Version:

$Id: ExpValue.java,v 1.6 2004/08/27 19:16:42 tsa6 Exp $

Author:

Welson Sun, Mike Wirthlin, Tyler Anderson

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

private int	_base The base number of this object.
private int	_exp The exponent (in powers of 10) of the base number.

Constructor Summary

ExpValue(int base, int exp)
Constructs an ExpValue Object with the specified base and exponent.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone() Returns a copy or clone of this object.
boolean	equals(ExpValue cmp) Returns true if the values in this Object equal or match that of the passed-in one.
int	getBase() Returns the base value of this object.
int	getExp() Returns the exponent of this object.
double	getValue() Returns 10 raised to the exponent timed by the base number.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a String representation of this Object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

_base

private int _base

The base number of this object.

_exp

private int _exp

The exponent (in powers of 10) of the base number.

Constructor Detail

ExpValue

public ExpValue(int base,
                int exp)

Constructs an ExpValue Object with the specified base and exponent.

Parameters:

base - The base number

exp - The base number is raised to this exponent

Method Detail

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Returns a copy or clone of this object.

Returns:

An Object that is a copy or clone of this ExpValue

equals

public boolean equals(ExpValue cmp)

Returns true if the values in this Object equal or match that of the passed-in one.

Parameters:

cmp - The Object to match the values of this Object with

Returns:

True if the values in this Object match or equal those in the passed-in one

getBase

public int getBase()

Returns the base value of this object.

Returns:

An int representing the base value of this object

getExp

public int getExp()

Returns the exponent of this object.

Returns:

An int representing what exponent the base number is raised to (in powers of 10)

getValue

public double getValue()

Returns 10 raised to the exponent timed by the base number.

Returns:

An int representing (10^exp)*base

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a String representation of this Object.

Returns:

A String representing this object's base and exponent