Periodic Table of Elements
[Miscellaneous]

These classes represent elements and the periodic table of elements. More...

Classes
class	Element
	Element class. More...
class	PTE_
	Periodic Table of Elements Class. More...
Functions
BALL_EXPORT std::ostream &	operator<< (std::ostream &s, const Element &element) throw ()
	Output operator Prints this instance of Element.

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Detailed Description

These classes represent elements and the periodic table of elements.

The Element class is used to describe common properties of atoms (e.g., mass, nuclear charge, element symbol). Elements can be retrieved from the PTE object (Periodic Table of Elements) which is a global instance of PTE_ .

See also:

Atom::setElement

Atom::getElement

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Function Documentation

BALL_EXPORT std::ostream& operator<< (  std::ostream &  s, const Element &  element )  throw ()

Output operator Prints this instance of Element. Prints the contents of an instance of Element to an ostream.