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/* Filename : AngleData.h                                                   */
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/* Version  : 1.0                                                           */
/* Created  : 02/07/2000                                                    */
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#ifndef _ANGLEDATA_H
#define _ANGLEDATA_H

#include "DoubleData.h"


#define AngleTypeMnem "angle"


/*
CLASS 
AngleData

DESCRIPTION
Wrapper class for angular data, which is stored internally as 'double' in
radians; hence AngleData is subclassed from DoubleData. The ascii() method 
outputs a string in degrees, and parseValue() converts from degrees
to radians.

AUTHOR
Tom O'Reilly
*/
class AngleData : public DoubleData {

public:

  AngleData(const char *name);

  virtual ~AngleData();

  ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // Data type mnemonic
  virtual const char *typeMnemonic();

  ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // Ascii representation of value
  virtual const char *ascii();

  ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // Set field's value, given string representation
  virtual void parseValue(const char *stringRep);

};

#endif