Package org.vast.unit

Class UnitParserUCUM

java.lang.Object

org.vast.unit.UnitParserUCUM

All Implemented Interfaces:

UnitParser

public class UnitParserUCUM
extends Object
implements UnitParser

Parses a string containing a UCUM unit definition and create a Unit object with the right scale factors and powers.

Since:

May 4, 2006

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
UnitParserUCUM()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Unit	findUnit(String ucumDef)	Get a Unit object corresponding to the given UCUM string
Unit	getUnit(String ucumDef)	Get a Unit object corresponding to the given UCUM string
static Map<String,Unit>	getUnitTable()
static boolean	isValidUnit(String ucumDef)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

UnitParserUCUM

public UnitParserUCUM()

Method Details

getUnit

public Unit getUnit(String ucumDef)

Get a Unit object corresponding to the given UCUM string

Specified by:

getUnit in interface UnitParser

Parameters:

ucumDef - the UCUM string

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if UCUM string passed as argument is invalid

findUnit

public Unit findUnit(String ucumDef)

Get a Unit object corresponding to the given UCUM string

Parameters:

ucumDef -

Returns:

The unit instance or null of no unit can be constructed for the given UCUM string

isValidUnit

public static boolean isValidUnit(String ucumDef)

getUnitTable

public static Map<String,Unit> getUnitTable()