Class SkyUnits

Method Details

• decode

  public abstract double[] decode(Object c1, Object c2)

  Takes a pair of objects representing coordinates in these units, and converts them to radians.

  Parameters:

  c1 - first input coordinate, in these units

  c2 - second input coordinate, in these units

  Returns:

  array of two output coordinates, in radians

• encode

  public abstract Object[] encode(double c1, double c2)

  Takes a pair of coordinates in radians and converts them to these units.

  Parameters:

  c1 - first input coordinate, in radians

  c2 - second input coordinate, in radians

  Returns:

  array of two output coordinates, in these units

• getUnitStrings

  public abstract String[] getUnitStrings()

  Returns a pair of descriptions for the units of the first and second coordinates represented by these units. Tries to stick to the VOUnits standard.

  Returns:

  array of two unit names

• getUnitTypes

  public abstract Class<?>[] getUnitTypes()

  Returns a pair of classes for the first and second coordinates represented by these units.

  Returns:

  array of two classes, the types which should be presented to the decode method and will be returned from the encode method

• getName

  public String getName()

  Returns the name of this unit system.

  Returns:

  name

• toString

  public String toString()

  Overrides:

  toString in class Object

• getKnownUnits

  public static SkyUnits[] getKnownUnits()

  Returns a list of all the available instances of this class.

  Returns:

  array of known unit systems

• getUnitsFor

  public static SkyUnits getUnitsFor(String unitName)

  Returns a unit as specified by a name. Name may be abbreviated. Returns a suitable unit or throws an IllegalArgumentException.