org.protempa.proposition.value

Interface UnitFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbsoluteTimeUnitFactory, RelativeDayUnitFactory, RelativeHourUnitFactory

public interface UnitFactory

Access to the length units of data provided by a data source. Must have a zero argument constructor.

Author:

Andrew Post

See Also:

DataSource.getUnitFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Unit	toUnit(String name) Translates the name of a length unit into a Unit object

Method Detail

toUnit

Unit toUnit(String name)

Translates the name of a length unit into a Unit object

Parameters:

name - the name String of a length unit.

Returns:

the Unit corresponding to the provided name, or null if name is null or no Unit could be found.