net.sf.jaccumulator.scalars

Interface ScalarReplicator<SCALAR extends ScalarReplicator<SCALAR>>

Type Parameters:

SCALAR - the factory product

All Superinterfaces:

Replicator<SCALAR>

All Known Subinterfaces:

Accumulator<ACCUMULATOR>, AccumulatorReplicator<ACCUMULATOR>, Primitive<PRIMITIVE>, PrimitiveReplicator<PRIMITIVE>, Real<REAL>, RealReplicator<REAL>, Scalar<SCALAR>, SealedAccumulator<ACCUMULATOR>, SealedPrimitive<PRIMITIVE>, SealedReal<REAL>, SealedScalar<SCALAR>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAccumulator, AbstractBooleanPrimitive, AbstractBytePrimitive, AbstractCharacterPrimitive, AbstractConstant, AbstractConstantAccumulator, AbstractDoublePrimitive, AbstractFloatPrimitive, AbstractIntegerPrimitive, AbstractLongPrimitive, AbstractModuloIntegerPrimitive, AbstractNumericPrimitive, AbstractPrimitive, AbstractPrimitiveWrapper, AbstractReal, AbstractScalar, AbstractShortPrimitive, AbstractSimpleAccumulator, AbstractStickyTarget, AbstractTextPrimitive, AbstractUnlimitedDecimalPrimitive, AbstractUnlimitedIntegerPrimitive, BooleanArrayCursor, BooleanPrimitive, ByteArrayCursor, BytePrimitive, CharacterArrayCursor, CharacterPrimitive, Constant, ConstantAccumulator, DoublePrimitive, EnumerationPrimitive, FloatPrimitive, GaussianRandomPrimitive, IntegerPrimitive, LongPrimitive, Milliseconds, ModuloIntegerPrimitive, Nanoseconds, RandomPrimitive, ShortPrimitive, SimpleAccumulator, TextPrimitive, UnlimitedDecimalPrimitive, UnlimitedIntegerPrimitive, Variant

public interface ScalarReplicator<SCALAR extends ScalarReplicator<SCALAR>>
extends Replicator<SCALAR>

A replicator for scalar

Since:

JAccumulator 4.0

Author:

Nicole Tedesco (Nicole@NicoleTedesco.com)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
SCALAR	copyUsing(boolean aValue) Using this object as a factory, produce a new scalar of an appropriately matching type but initialized with the value specified
SCALAR	copyUsing(byte aValue) Using this object as a factory, produce a new scalar of an appropriately matching type but initialized with the value specified
SCALAR	copyUsing(char aValue) Using this object as a factory, produce a new scalar of an appropriately matching type but initialized with the value specified
SCALAR	copyUsing(double aValue) Using this object as a factory, produce a new scalar of an appropriately matching type but initialized with the value specified
SCALAR	copyUsing(float aValue) Using this object as a factory, produce a new scalar of an appropriately matching type but initialized with the value specified
SCALAR	copyUsing(int aValue) Using this object as a factory, produce a new scalar of an appropriately matching type but initialized with the value specified
SCALAR	copyUsing(long aValue) Using this object as a factory, produce a new scalar of an appropriately matching type but initialized with the value specified
SCALAR	copyUsing(short aValue) Using this object as a factory, produce a new scalar of an appropriately matching type but initialized with the value specified
SCALAR	copyUsingScalar(SealedScalar<?> aValue) Using this scalar as a factory, produce a new scalar of the same type but initialized with the value specified
Scalar<?>	toScalar() If this scalar is already a scalar then simply call its Replicator.copy() function, otherwise produce a new scalar with scalar precision

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.jaccumulator.Replicator

copy

Method Detail

copyUsing

SCALAR copyUsing(boolean aValue)

Using this object as a factory, produce a new scalar of an appropriately matching type but initialized with the value specified

Parameters:

aValue - a new value

Returns:

a copy (clone) of this scalar initialized using the specified value

copyUsing

SCALAR copyUsing(byte aValue)

Using this object as a factory, produce a new scalar of an appropriately matching type but initialized with the value specified

Parameters:

aValue - a new value

Returns:

a copy (clone) of this scalar initialized using the specified value

copyUsing

SCALAR copyUsing(char aValue)

Using this object as a factory, produce a new scalar of an appropriately matching type but initialized with the value specified

Parameters:

aValue - a new value

Returns:

a copy (clone) of this scalar initialized using the specified value

copyUsing

SCALAR copyUsing(double aValue)

Using this object as a factory, produce a new scalar of an appropriately matching type but initialized with the value specified

Parameters:

aValue - a new value

Returns:

a copy (clone) of this scalar initialized using the specified value

copyUsing

SCALAR copyUsing(float aValue)

Using this object as a factory, produce a new scalar of an appropriately matching type but initialized with the value specified

Parameters:

aValue - a new value

Returns:

a copy (clone) of this scalar initialized using the specified value

copyUsing

SCALAR copyUsing(int aValue)

Using this object as a factory, produce a new scalar of an appropriately matching type but initialized with the value specified

Parameters:

aValue - a new value

Returns:

a copy (clone) of this scalar initialized using the specified value

copyUsing

SCALAR copyUsing(long aValue)

Using this object as a factory, produce a new scalar of an appropriately matching type but initialized with the value specified

Parameters:

aValue - a new value

Returns:

a copy (clone) of this scalar initialized using the specified value

copyUsing

SCALAR copyUsing(short aValue)

Using this object as a factory, produce a new scalar of an appropriately matching type but initialized with the value specified

Parameters:

aValue - a new value

Returns:

a copy (clone) of this scalar initialized using the specified value

copyUsingScalar

SCALAR copyUsingScalar(SealedScalar<?> aValue)

Using this scalar as a factory, produce a new scalar of the same type but initialized with the value specified

Parameters:

aValue - a new value

Returns:

a copy (clone) of this scalar initialized using the specified value

toScalar

Scalar<?> toScalar()

If this scalar is already a scalar then simply call its Replicator.copy() function, otherwise produce a new scalar with scalar precision

Returns:

a new scalar scalar