au.gov.nehta.model.clinical.common.types

Class RealQuantity

java.lang.Object

au.gov.nehta.model.clinical.common.types.Quantity

au.gov.nehta.model.clinical.common.types.RealQuantity

Direct Known Subclasses:

TimeQuantity

public class RealQuantity
extends Quantity

A Quantity that models real values of units. It's "Real" in that it uses real (decimal) numbers.

example:

new RealQuantity(3.4 ,"ml" );

the real number will be stored as a string and formatted as such:

 1.00000 =  "1"
 1.30000 =  "1.3"
 1.00001 =  "1.00001"
 1.000009 = "1.0001"    truncated after 5 decimal places

 

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class au.gov.nehta.model.clinical.common.types.Quantity

unit, value

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RealQuantity(double value, String unit)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	format(double value, int significantDigits) Format 1.0 as 1 and 1.2000 as 1.2

Methods inherited from class au.gov.nehta.model.clinical.common.types.Quantity

getUnit, getValue, setUnit, setValue, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RealQuantity

public RealQuantity(double value,
                    String unit)

Method Detail

format

public static String format(double value,
                            int significantDigits)

Format 1.0 as 1 and 1.2000 as 1.2

Parameters:

value - the value to format

significantDigits - digits to round

Returns:

a formatted string