org.josef.science.physics

Class MassConverterSi2BritishImperial

java.lang.Object

org.josef.science.physics.MassConverterSi2BritishImperial

@Status(stage=TEST,
        unitTests=COMPLETE)
 @Review(by="Kees Schotanus",
        at="2013-03-18",
        reason="Initial review")
public final class MassConverterSi2BritishImperial
extends Object

Utility class to convert from metric masses to British Imperial masses and vice versa.
See: WikiPedia

Version:

1.0 $Revision: 5855 $

Author:

Kees Schotanus

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static long[]	BRITISH_OUNCE_TO_GRAM Exact factor to convert ounces to grams.
static int[]	BRITISH_POUND_TO_KILOGRAM_FACTOR Exact factor to convert pounds to grams.
static double[]	BRITISH_STONE_TO_KILOGRAM_FACTOR Exact factor to convert stones to kilograms.
static double	KILOGRAMS_IN_BRITISH_POUND Inexact number of kilograms in a British pound.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static double	fromBritishPoundsToKilograms(double pounds) Converts the supplied number of British pounds to kilograms.
static double	fromKilogramsToBritishPounds(double kilograms) Converts the supplied number of kilograms to British pounds.
static double[]	fromKilogramsToStonesAndPounds(double kilograms) Converts the supplied number of kilograms to stones and pounds.
static double	fromStonesAndPoundsToKilograms(int stones, double pounds) Converts the supplied number of stones and pounds to kilograms.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

KILOGRAMS_IN_BRITISH_POUND

public static final double KILOGRAMS_IN_BRITISH_POUND

Inexact number of kilograms in a British pound.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

BRITISH_OUNCE_TO_GRAM

public static final long[] BRITISH_OUNCE_TO_GRAM

Exact factor to convert ounces to grams.

BRITISH_POUND_TO_KILOGRAM_FACTOR

public static final int[] BRITISH_POUND_TO_KILOGRAM_FACTOR

Exact factor to convert pounds to grams.

BRITISH_STONE_TO_KILOGRAM_FACTOR

public static final double[] BRITISH_STONE_TO_KILOGRAM_FACTOR

Exact factor to convert stones to kilograms.

Method Detail

fromKilogramsToBritishPounds

public static double fromKilogramsToBritishPounds(double kilograms)

Converts the supplied number of kilograms to British pounds.

Parameters:

kilograms - The number of kilograms to convert.

Returns:

The number of British pounds.

fromBritishPoundsToKilograms

public static double fromBritishPoundsToKilograms(double pounds)

Converts the supplied number of British pounds to kilograms.

Parameters:

pounds - The number of British pounds to convert.

Returns:

The number of kilograms.

fromKilogramsToStonesAndPounds

public static double[] fromKilogramsToStonesAndPounds(double kilograms)

Converts the supplied number of kilograms to stones and pounds.

Parameters:

kilograms - The number of kilograms to convert.

Returns:

An array with two elements, where the first element contains the number of whole stones and the second element contains the non-rounded number of pounds.

fromStonesAndPoundsToKilograms

public static double fromStonesAndPoundsToKilograms(int stones,
                                                    double pounds)

Converts the supplied number of stones and pounds to kilograms.

Parameters:

stones - The number of stones to convert.

pounds - The number of pounds to convert.

Returns:

The number of kilograms.