ostore.introspect
Class Distance.InfiniteDistance

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--ostore.introspect.Distance.InfiniteDistance

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable, Distance, QuickSerializable

Enclosing class:

Distance

public static final class Distance.InfiniteDistance

extends Object

implements Distance

Special distance value representing infinity. Subclasses of Distance must be able to handle this value properly.

Version:

$Id: Distance.java,v 1.4 2003/04/03 01:10:22 jeffpang Exp $

Author:

Jeff Pang

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class ostore.introspect.Distance

Distance.InfiniteDistance

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface ostore.introspect.Distance

INFINITY

Constructor Summary

Distance.InfiniteDistance()

Distance.InfiniteDistance(InputBuffer buffer)

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Object other)
Distance	difference(Distance other)
boolean	equals(Object other)
Distance	pow(int power)
Distance	scale(double factor)
void	serialize(OutputBuffer buffer) Add the object to the buffer.
Distance	sum(Distance other)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Distance.InfiniteDistance

public Distance.InfiniteDistance()

Distance.InfiniteDistance

public Distance.InfiniteDistance(InputBuffer buffer)
                          throws QSException

Method Detail

serialize

public void serialize(OutputBuffer buffer)

Description copied from interface: QuickSerializable

Add the object to the buffer.

Specified by:

serialize in interface QuickSerializable

Parameters:

buffer - the output buffer to add the object to

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Specified by:

equals in interface Distance

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Returns:

this == other

sum

public Distance sum(Distance other)

Specified by:

sum in interface Distance

Returns:

this + other

difference

public Distance difference(Distance other)

Specified by:

difference in interface Distance

Returns:

this - other

pow

public Distance pow(int power)

Specified by:

pow in interface Distance

Returns:

this^pow

scale

public Distance scale(double factor)

Specified by:

scale in interface Distance

Returns:

factor * this

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object other)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object