de.cismet.commons.wms.capabilities

Interface Unit

All Known Implementing Classes:

DeegreeUnit

public interface Unit

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Version:

$Revision$, $Date$

Author:

therter

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	convert(double value, Unit targetUnit) DOCUMENT ME!
double	getScale() the scale to convert to the base unit.
boolean	isBaseType() DOCUMENT ME!
double	toBaseUnit(double value) DOCUMENT ME!
String	toString()

Method Detail

convert

double convert(double value,
               Unit targetUnit)
        throws ConvertException

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Parameters:

value - DOCUMENT ME!

targetUnit - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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Throws:

ConvertException - DOCUMENT ME!

getScale

double getScale()

the scale to convert to the base unit. This is metre for length units, seconds for time units and radian for angle units

Returns:

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toBaseUnit

double toBaseUnit(double value)

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Parameters:

value - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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isBaseType

boolean isBaseType()

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Returns:

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toString

String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object