Package org.vast.unit

Class UnitConversion

java.lang.Object

org.vast.unit.UnitConversion

public class UnitConversion
extends Object

This object contains routines to create UnitConverters and manage a local dictionary of units.

Since:

May 4, 2006

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
UnitConversion()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static UnitConverter	createConverterToSI(String uom)	Helper mehod to get the converter directly from the uom string
static UnitConverter	getConverter(Unit sourceUnit, Unit destUnit)	Helper method to create the right converter given the specified source and destination units.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

UnitConversion

public UnitConversion()

Method Details

createConverterToSI

public static UnitConverter createConverterToSI(String uom)

Helper mehod to get the converter directly from the uom string

Parameters:

uom -

Returns:

converter instance

getConverter

public static UnitConverter getConverter(Unit sourceUnit,
 Unit destUnit)

Helper method to create the right converter given the specified source and destination units.

Parameters:

sourceUnit -

destUnit -

Returns:

converter instance