org.josef.science.physics.particle

Enum ElectricCharge

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<ElectricCharge>

org.josef.science.physics.particle.ElectricCharge

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<ElectricCharge>

public enum ElectricCharge
extends Enum<ElectricCharge>

Enumeration of all the possible electrical charges of particles in the standard model.
The elementary electric charge is definded as the electric charge carried by a single proton. For detailed information read the article on the Elementary charge at Wikipedia by clicking here.

Version:

1.0 $Revision: 6488 $

Author:

Kees Schotanus

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
MINUS_ONE -1.
MINUS_ONE_THIRD -1/3.
ONE_THIRD 1/3.
TWO_THIRDS 2/3.
ZERO Zero.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CRational	getCharge() Gets the electric charge as a fraction..
String	toString() Creates a String representation of this ElectricCharge.
static ElectricCharge	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static ElectricCharge[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

MINUS_ONE

public static final ElectricCharge MINUS_ONE

-1.

MINUS_ONE_THIRD

public static final ElectricCharge MINUS_ONE_THIRD

-1/3.

ZERO

public static final ElectricCharge ZERO

Zero.

ONE_THIRD

public static final ElectricCharge ONE_THIRD

1/3.

TWO_THIRDS

public static final ElectricCharge TWO_THIRDS

2/3.

Method Detail

values

public static ElectricCharge[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (ElectricCharge c : ElectricCharge.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static ElectricCharge valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null

getCharge

public CRational getCharge()

Gets the electric charge as a fraction..

Returns:

The electric charge as a fraction.

toString

public String toString()

Creates a String representation of this ElectricCharge.

Overrides:

toString in class Enum<ElectricCharge>

Returns:

A String representation of this ElectricCharge.

See Also:

CRational.toString()