Package javax.measure.unit

Class UnitFormat

java.lang.Object
java.text.Format
javax.measure.unit.UnitFormat
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Cloneable
Direct Known Subclasses:
UnitFormat.DefaultFormat
public abstract class UnitFormat extends Format

This class provides the interface for formatting and parsing units.

For all SI units, the 20 SI prefixes used to form decimal multiples and sub-multiples of SI units are recognized. NonSI units are directly recognized. For example:[code] Unit.valueOf("m°C").equals(SI.MILLI(SI.CELSIUS)) Unit.valueOf("kW").equals(SI.KILO(SI.WATT)) Unit.valueOf("ft").equals(SI.METER.multiply(0.3048))[/code]

See Also:

  • Constructor Details

    • UnitFormat

      protected UnitFormat()
      Base constructor.

  • Method Details

    • getInstance

      public static UnitFormat getInstance()
      Returns the unit format for the default locale (format used by Unit.valueOf(CharSequence) and Unit.toString()).
      Returns:
      the default unit format (locale sensitive).

    • getInstance

      public static UnitFormat getInstance(Locale inLocale)
      Returns the unit format for the specified locale.
      Returns:
      the unit format for the specified locale.

    • getUCUMInstance

      public static UnitFormat getUCUMInstance()
      Returns the UCUM international unit format; this format uses characters range 0000-007F exclusively and is not locale-sensitive. For example: kg.m/s2
      Returns:
      the UCUM international format.

    • format

      public abstract Appendable format(Unit<?> unit, Appendable appendable) throws IOException
      Formats the specified unit.
      Parameters:
      unit - the unit to format.
      appendable - the appendable destination.
      Throws:
      IOException - if an error occurs.

    • parseProductUnit

      public abstract Unit<? extends Quantity> parseProductUnit(CharSequence csq, ParsePosition pos) throws ParseException
      Parses a sequence of character to produce a unit or a rational product of unit.
      Parameters:
      csq - the CharSequence to parse.
      pos - an object holding the parsing index and error position.
      Returns:
      an Unit parsed from the character sequence.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the character sequence contains an illegal syntax.
      ParseException

    • parseSingleUnit

      public abstract Unit<? extends Quantity> parseSingleUnit(CharSequence csq, ParsePosition pos) throws ParseException
      Parses a sequence of character to produce a single unit.
      Parameters:
      csq - the CharSequence to parse.
      pos - an object holding the parsing index and error position.
      Returns:
      an Unit parsed from the character sequence.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the character sequence does not contain a valid unit identifier.
      ParseException

    • label

      public abstract void label(Unit<?> unit, String label)
      Attaches a system-wide label to the specified unit. For example: [code] UnitFormat.getInstance().label(DAY.multiply(365), "year"); UnitFormat.getInstance().label(METER.multiply(0.3048), "ft"); [/code] If the specified label is already associated to an unit the previous association is discarded or ignored.
      Parameters:
      unit - the unit being labelled.
      label - the new label for this unit.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the label is not a isValidIdentifier(String) valid identifier.

    • alias

      public abstract void alias(Unit<?> unit, String alias)
      Attaches a system-wide alias to this unit. Multiple aliases may be attached to the same unit. Aliases are used during parsing to recognize different variants of the same unit. For example: [code] UnitFormat.getLocaleInstance().alias(METER.multiply(0.3048), "foot"); UnitFormat.getLocaleInstance().alias(METER.multiply(0.3048), "feet"); UnitFormat.getLocaleInstance().alias(METER, "meter"); UnitFormat.getLocaleInstance().alias(METER, "metre"); [/code] If the specified label is already associated to an unit the previous association is discarded or ignored.
      Parameters:
      unit - the unit being aliased.
      alias - the alias attached to this unit.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the label is not a isValidIdentifier(String) valid identifier.

    • isValidIdentifier

      public abstract boolean isValidIdentifier(String name)
      Indicates if the specified name can be used as unit identifier.
      Parameters:
      name - the identifier to be tested.
      Returns:
      true if the name specified can be used as label or alias for this format;false otherwise.

    • format

      public final StringBuffer format(Object unit, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition pos)
      Formats an unit and appends the resulting text to a given string buffer (implements java.text.Format).
      Specified by:
      format in class Format
      Parameters:
      unit - the unit to format.
      toAppendTo - where the text is to be appended
      pos - the field position (not used).
      Returns:
      toAppendTo

    • parseObject

      public final Unit<?> parseObject(String source, ParsePosition pos)
      Parses the text from a string to produce an object (implements java.text.Format).
      Specified by:
      parseObject in class Format
      Parameters:
      source - the string source, part of which should be parsed.
      pos - the cursor position.
      Returns:
      the corresponding unit or null if the string cannot be parsed.