edu.ull.cgunay.plots
Class Profilable

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.util.Observable
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        +--edu.ull.cgunay.plots.Profilable

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ErrorValue, ProfilableDouble

public abstract class Profilable

extends Observable

implements Cloneable, Serializable

An entity whose contents can be recorded in a Profile. Allows to be both Observable and Cloneable.

Created: Tue Apr 9 15:52:21 2002

Modified: $Date: 2002/12/17 00:58:55 $

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $ for this file.

Author:

Cengiz Gunay

See Also:

Profile, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.util.Observable

Constructor Summary

Profilable()
Dummy constructor.

Method Summary

abstract double	doubleValue() Return a representation if the entity as a double value.
Object	getClone() Returns its clone.

Methods inherited from class java.util.Observable

addObserver, clearChanged, countObservers, deleteObserver, deleteObservers, hasChanged, notifyObservers, notifyObservers, setChanged

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Profilable

public Profilable()

Dummy constructor.

Method Detail

getClone

public Object getClone()

Returns its clone.

Returns:

an Object value

doubleValue

public abstract double doubleValue()

Return a representation if the entity as a double value. This is used for plotting a primitive value's profile.

For most entities conversion to such a simple representation is not possible. In these cases calling this method should result in a fatal error.

Returns:

a double value