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1 /*
2  * JScience - Java(TM) Tools and Libraries for the Advancement of Sciences.
3  * Copyright (C) 2005 - JScience (http://jscience.org/)
4  * All rights reserved.
5  *
6  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is
7  * freely granted, provided that this notice is preserved.
8  */

9 package org.jscience.physics.quantities;
10
11 import org.jscience.physics.units.SI;
12 import org.jscience.physics.units.Unit;
13
14 /**
15  * This class represents an electric capacitance. The system unit for this
16  * quantity is "s<sup>4</sup>·A²/(m²·kg)". By default, instances of this class
17  * are showed in Farad ("F").
18  *
19  * @author <a HREF="mailto:jean-marie@dautelle.com">Jean-Marie Dautelle</a>
20  * @version 1.0, October 24, 2004
21  */

22 public class ElectricCapacitance extends Quantity {
23
24     /**
25      * Holds the associated unit.
26      */

27     private final static Unit<ElectricCapacitance> UNIT = SI.FARAD;
28
29     /**
30      * Holds the factory for this class.
31      */

32     private final static Factory<ElectricCapacitance> FACTORY = new Factory<ElectricCapacitance>(
33             UNIT) {
34         protected ElectricCapacitance create() {
35             return new ElectricCapacitance();
36         }
37     }.useFor(UNIT.getBaseUnits());
38
39     /**
40      * Represents a {@link ElectricCapacitance} amounting to nothing.
41      */

42     public final static ElectricCapacitance ZERO = Quantity.valueOf(0, UNIT);
43
44     /**
45      * Default constructor (allows for derivation).
46      */

47     protected ElectricCapacitance() {
48     }
49
50     /**
51      * Shows {@link ElectricCapacitance} instances in the specified unit.
52      *
53      * @param unit the display unit for {@link ElectricCapacitance} instances.
54      */

55     public static void showAs(Unit unit) {
56         QuantityFormat.show(ElectricCapacitance.class, unit);
57     }
58
59     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
60
61 }
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