com.esri.core.geometry
Class LinearUnit

java.lang.Object
  com.esri.core.geometry.Unit
      com.esri.core.geometry.LinearUnit

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class LinearUnit
extends Unit

Unit for measurement of dimensions.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

static interface

LinearUnit.Code Linear Unit codes

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.esri.core.geometry.Unit

Unit.UnitType

Method Summary

double	convertFromMeters(double meters) Converts meters to this LinearUnit.
double	convertToMeters(double thisUnitValue) Converts this linear units to meters.
boolean	equals(Object other) Indicates if this unit is the same type (linear, angular, or area) and the same unit(meter, degree, acre, etc.)as another.
String	getAbbreviation() Returns the abbreviated name of this unit.
double	getConversionFactor(Unit dstUnit) Returns a conversion factor from this unit to the destination unit.
String	getDisplayName() Returns the display name of this unit.
int	getID() Returns the unit well-known ID.
String	getName() Returns the canonical name of the unit as defined in Projection Engine.
String	getPluralDisplayName() Returns the display name of this unit.
Unit.UnitType	getUnitType() Returns the unit type.
double	toMeters(double thisUnitValue) Deprecated. Method introduced at Beta. Will be removed at next release.

Methods inherited from class com.esri.core.geometry.Unit

convertUnits, convertUnits, create, getUnitToBaseFactor, hashCode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from class: Unit

Returns the canonical name of the unit as defined in Projection Engine. (ex. for German Meter the projection engine canonical string value is METER_GERMAN)

Specified by:

getName in class Unit

Returns:

A string representation of Projection Engine unit name.

getDisplayName

public String getDisplayName()

Description copied from class: Unit

Returns the display name of this unit.

Specified by:

getDisplayName in class Unit

Returns:

A string value of unit display name.

getPluralDisplayName

public String getPluralDisplayName()

Description copied from class: Unit

Returns the display name of this unit.

Specified by:

getPluralDisplayName in class Unit

Returns:

string value of plural display name

getAbbreviation

public String getAbbreviation()

Description copied from class: Unit

Returns the abbreviated name of this unit.

Specified by:

getAbbreviation in class Unit

Returns:

A string value of abbreviation for unit.

getID

public int getID()

Description copied from class: Unit

Returns the unit well-known ID. The ID value is a positive number for the units with well known IDs, and 0 for the custom and area units.

Specified by:

getID in class Unit

Returns:

Integer value for wkid.

getConversionFactor

public double getConversionFactor(Unit dstUnit)

Description copied from class: Unit

Returns a conversion factor from this unit to the destination unit. To convert a value V from this units to the dst units.

Specified by:

getConversionFactor in class Unit

Parameters:

dstUnit - The destination unit.

Returns:

A double conversion factor.

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Description copied from class: Unit

Indicates if this unit is the same type (linear, angular, or area) and the same unit(meter, degree, acre, etc.)as another.

Overrides:

equals in class Unit

Parameters:

other - The other object.

getUnitType

public Unit.UnitType getUnitType()

Description copied from class: Unit

Returns the unit type.

Specified by:

getUnitType in class Unit

convertFromMeters

public double convertFromMeters(double meters)

Converts meters to this LinearUnit.

Parameters:

meters - The value in meters to convert.

Returns:

The linear unit value corresponding to the input parameter.

toMeters

@Deprecated
public double toMeters(double thisUnitValue)

Deprecated. Method introduced at Beta. Will be removed at next release.

See Also:

convertToMeters(double)

convertToMeters

public double convertToMeters(double thisUnitValue)

Converts this linear units to meters.

Parameters:

thisUnitValue - The value in this linear units to convert.

Returns:

The value in meters corresponding to the input parameter.