FieldElement (Commons Math 2.2 API)

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the field elements

All Known Implementing Classes:

BigFraction, BigReal, Complex, Dfp, DfpDec, Fraction
```
public interface FieldElement<T>
```
Interface representing field elements.

Since:

2.0

Version:

$Revision: 811685 $ $Date: 2009-09-05 19:36:48 +0200 (sam. 05 sept. 2009) $

See Also:

Field

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`add(T a)`	Compute this + a.
`T`	`divide(T a)`	Compute this ÷ a.
`Field<T>`	`getField()`	Get the `Field` to which the instance belongs.
`T`	`multiply(T a)`	Compute this × a.
`T`	`subtract(T a)`	Compute this - a.

- Method Detail
  - add
```
T add(T a)
```
    Compute this + a.
    
    Parameters:
    
    a - element to add
    
    Returns:
    
    a new element representing this + a
  - subtract
```
T subtract(T a)
```
    Compute this - a.
    
    Parameters:
    
    a - element to subtract
    
    Returns:
    
    a new element representing this - a
  - multiply
```
T multiply(T a)
```
    Compute this × a.
    
    Parameters:
    
    a - element to multiply
    
    Returns:
    
    a new element representing this × a
  - divide
```
T divide(T a)
  throws java.lang.ArithmeticException
```
    Compute this ÷ a.
    
    Parameters:
    
    a - element to add
    
    Returns:
    
    a new element representing this ÷ a
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.ArithmeticException - if a is the zero of the additive operation (i.e. additive identity)
  - getField
```
Field<T> getField()
```
    Get the Field to which the instance belongs.
    
    Returns:
    
    Field to which the instance belongs