001/*
002 * JScience - Java(TM) Tools and Libraries for the Advancement of Sciences.
003 * Copyright (C) 2006 - JScience (http://jscience.org/)
004 * All rights reserved.
005 * 
006 * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is
007 * freely granted, provided that this notice is preserved.
008 */
009package javax.measure.quantity;
010
011import javax.measure.unit.SI;
012import javax.measure.unit.Unit;
013
014/**
015 * This interface represents the movement of mass per time.
016 * The system unit for this quantity is "kg/s" (kilogram per second).
017 * 
018 * @author  <a href="mailto:jean-marie@dautelle.com">Jean-Marie Dautelle</a>
019 * @version 3.0, March 2, 2006
020 * @see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_flow_rate">
021 *      Wikipedia: Mass Flow Rate</a>
022 */
023public interface MassFlowRate extends Quantity {
024
025    /**
026     * Holds the SI unit (Système International d'Unités) for this quantity.
027     */
028    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
029    public final static Unit<MassFlowRate> UNIT 
030       = (Unit<MassFlowRate>) SI.KILOGRAM.divide(SI.SECOND);
031}