org.opensourcephysics.controls
Class AbstractCalculation

java.lang.Object
  org.opensourcephysics.controls.AbstractCalculation

All Implemented Interfaces:

Calculation

public abstract class AbstractCalculation

extends java.lang.Object

implements Calculation

AbstractCalculation is a template for simple calculations. Implement the calculate method to create a calculation.

Field Summary

protected Control	control
protected java.text.DecimalFormat	decimalFormat

Constructor Summary

AbstractCalculation()

Method Summary

abstract void	calculate() Does the calculation.
void	reset() Resets the program to its default state.
void	resetCalculation() Resets the calculation to a predefined state.
void	setControl(Control control) Sets object that controls this calculation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

control

protected Control control

decimalFormat

protected java.text.DecimalFormat decimalFormat

Constructor Detail

AbstractCalculation

public AbstractCalculation()

Method Detail

setControl

public void setControl(Control control)

Sets object that controls this calculation. The calculation should use this method to register its parameters with the control. This insures that the control displays the program's parameters when it appears onscreen.

Specified by:

setControl in interface Calculation

Parameters:

control -

calculate

public abstract void calculate()

Does the calculation.

Specified by:

calculate in interface Calculation

resetCalculation

public void resetCalculation()

Resets the calculation to a predefined state.

Specified by:

resetCalculation in interface Calculation

reset

public void reset()

Resets the program to its default state. Override this method to set the program's parameters.