org.jscience.engineering
Interface Mechanism

public interface Mechanism

The Mechanism interface is the base class to describe complex physical objects. A watch, a microprocessor are good candidates. There is a close relation with graphs.

Method Summary

java.util.Set	getInputs() DOCUMENT ME!
java.util.Set	getOutputs() DOCUMENT ME!
java.util.Set	getParts() DOCUMENT ME!
boolean	isFeasible() DOCUMENT ME!
boolean	isFinal() DOCUMENT ME!
void	process(double startTime, double endTime, double timeStep) DOCUMENT ME!

Method Detail

getInputs

java.util.Set getInputs()

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getOutputs

java.util.Set getOutputs()

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getParts

java.util.Set getParts()

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isFinal

boolean isFinal()

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process

void process(double startTime,
             double endTime,
             double timeStep)

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endTime - DOCUMENT ME!

timeStep - DOCUMENT ME!

isFeasible

boolean isFeasible()

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