org.das2.datum.Units

Class for indicating physical units, and other random units.

dimensionless

radians

degrees

deg

degrees2

rgbColor

It's often enough that we just want to paint data with a particular color that there's a special unit which is used to trigger a branch, and the color will be used. This can have an alpha channel as well in the high byte, but zero will imply that the alpha channel is missing and opaque will be used.

celciusDegrees

fahrenheitDegrees

years

days

hours

hours2

minutes

seconds

seconds2

milliseconds

milliseconds2

microseconds

microseconds2

microseconds3

nanoseconds

ns

picoseconds

bytesPerSecond

kiloBytesPerSecond

bytes

kiloBytes

hertz

kiloHertz

megaHertz

gigaHertz

eV

ev

keV

MeV

pcm3

1 / cm³

kelvin

cm_2s_1keV_1

cm_2s_1MeV_1

v2pm2Hz

Volts ² m^-2 Hz^-1

wpm2

Watts / m²

meters

millimeters

centimeters

kiloMeters

inches

typographicPoints

nT

cmps

mps

centigrade

begin of LocationUnits. These must be defined after the physical units to support Basis.

fahrenheitScale

dollars

currencies for demonstration purposes.

euros

yen

rupee

us2020

Microseconds since midnight Jan 1, 2020, excluding those within a leap second. Differences across leap second boundaries do not represent the number of microseconds elapsed.

us2000

Microseconds since midnight Jan 1, 2000, excluding those within a leap second. Differences across leap second boundaries do not represent the number of microseconds elapsed.

us1980

Microseconds since midnight Jan 1, 1980, excluding those within a leap second.

t2010

Seconds since midnight Jan 1, 2010, excluding leap seconds.

t2000

Seconds since midnight Jan 1, 2000, excluding leap seconds.

t1970

seconds since midnight Jan 1, 1970, excluding leap seconds.

ms1970

milliseconds since midnight Jan 1, 1970, excluding leap seconds.

us1970

milliseconds since midnight Jan 1, 1970, excluding leap seconds.

mj1958

roughly days since on midnight on 1958-01-01, Julian - 2436204.5 to be more precise.

mjd

The Modified Julian Day (MJD) is the number of days (with decimal fraction of the day) that have elapsed since midnight at the beginning of Wednesday November 17, 1858. Julian - 2400000.5

julianDay

The Julian Day (MJD) is the number of days (with decimal fraction of the day) that have elapsed since noon on January 1, 4713 BCE. Julian - 2400000.5

cdfEpoch

cdf epoch milliseconds since midnight, 01-Jan-0000, excluding those with a leap second. There must be skipped days, because this doesn't yield 01-Jan-0000 for 0., but works fine at 1-1-2000., excluding those within a leap second

cdfTT2000

the number of nanoseconds since 01-Jan-2000T12:00, roughly. This includes leap seconds, so conversion is more than a scale,offset.

decimalYear

the year plus the fraction into the current year, ((doy-1)/365) for non-leap years.

percent

ratiometric units

dB

Define a set of units to describe ratiometric (logarithmic) spacing. Note the log10Ratio is the preferred method for expressing spacing, but all are convertible See logERatio, log10Ratio and Google for "fold change."

ampRatio

percentIncrease

log10Ratio

logERatio

add

add( Number a, Number b, Units bUnits ) → Datum

Parameters

a - a Number
b - a Number
bUnits - an Units

Returns:

org.das2.datum.Datum

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convertDoubleTo

convertDoubleTo( Units toUnits, double value ) → double

convert the double in this units' space to toUnits' space.

Parameters

toUnits - the units.
value - the value in toUnits.

Returns:

the double in the new units system.

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createDatum

createDatum( double value ) → Datum

Parameters

value - a double

Returns:

org.das2.datum.Datum

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createDatum( int value ) → Datum
createDatum( long value ) → Datum
createDatum( Number value ) → Datum
createDatum( Datum value ) → Datum
createDatum( double value, double resolution ) → Datum

divide

divide( Number a, Number b, Units bUnits ) → Datum

Parameters

a - a Number
b - a Number
bUnits - an Units

Returns:

org.das2.datum.Datum

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format

format( Datum datum ) → String

format the Datum.

Parameters

datum - the Datum

Returns:

the Datum formatted as a string.

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getAllUnits

getAllUnits( ) → List

return all the known units.

Returns:

list of all the known units.

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getBasis

getBasis( ) → Basis

return the Basis which defines the meaning of zero and the direction of positive values, such as "since midnight, Jan 1, 1970"

Returns:

the Basis object, which simply identifies a basis.

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getByName

getByName( String s ) → Units

returns a Units object with the given string representation that is stored in the unitsMap. Unlike lookupUnits, this will not allocate new units but will throw an IllegalArgumentException if the string is not recognized.

Parameters

s - units identifier

Returns:

units object

getCanonicalUnit

getCanonicalUnit( Units units ) → Units

return the preferred unit to use when there are multiple representations of the same unit (having conversion UnitsConverter.IDENTITY.

Parameters

units - an Units

Returns:

the preferred unit

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getConvertableUnits

Deprecated: use getConvertibleUnits, which is spelled correctly.

getConverter

getConverter( Units fromUnits, Units toUnits ) → UnitsConverter

lookup the UnitsConverter object that takes numbers from fromUnits to toUnits. This will chain together UnitsConverters registered via units.registerConverter.

Parameters

fromUnits - units instance that is the source units.
toUnits - units instance that is the target units.

Returns:

UnitsConverter object

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getConverter( Units toUnits ) → UnitsConverter

getConvertibleUnits

getConvertibleUnits( ) → Units

return the units to which this unit is convertible.

Returns:

the units to which this unit is convertible.

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getDatumFormatterFactory

getDatumFormatterFactory( ) → DatumFormatterFactory

return the formatter factor for this Datum.

Returns:

an org.das2.datum.format.DatumFormatterFactory

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getFillDatum

getFillDatum( ) → Datum

Returns:

org.das2.datum.Datum

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getFillDouble

getFillDouble( ) → double

Returns:

double

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getId

getId( ) → String

get the id uniquely identifying the units. Note the id may contain special tokens, like "since" for time locations.

Returns:

the id.

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getOffsetUnits

getOffsetUnits( ) → Units

return the units from the Basis for the unit, such as "seconds" in "seconds since midnight, Jan 1, 1970"

Returns:

this units offsets.

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grannyFormat

grannyFormat( Datum datum ) → String

format the Datum, allowing use of subscripts and superscripts interpretted by GrannyTextRenderer.

Parameters

datum - the Datum

Returns:

the Datum formatted as a string, possibly containing control sequences like !A and !n, etc.

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isConvertableTo

Deprecated: use isConvertibleTo (which does not contain spelling error)

isConvertibleTo

isConvertibleTo( Units toUnits ) → boolean

return true if the unit can be converted to toUnits.

Parameters

toUnits - Units object.

Returns:

true if the unit can be converted to toUnits.

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isFill

isFill( double value ) → boolean

Parameters

value - a double

Returns:

boolean

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isFill( Number value ) → boolean

isValid

isValid( double value ) → boolean

test if the double represents a valid datum in the context of this unit. Note slight differences in implementation may cause isFill and isValid to produce inconsistent results. For example, this code checks for NaNs whereas isFill does not.

Parameters

value - the value to check.

Returns:

true if the data is not fill and not NaN.

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lookupTimeLengthUnit

lookupTimeLengthUnit( String s ) → Units

return canonical das2 unit for colloquial time.

Parameters

s - string containing time unit like s, sec, millisec, etc.

Returns:

an Units

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lookupTimeUnits

lookupTimeUnits( Datum base, Units offsetUnits ) → Units

lookupUnits canonical units object, or allocate one. If one is allocated, then parse for "<unit> since <datum>" and add conversion to "microseconds since 2000-001T00:00." Note leap seconds are ignored!

Parameters

base - the base time, for example 2000-001T00:00.
offsetUnits - the offset units for example microseconds. Positive values of the units will be since the base time.

Returns:

the unit.

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lookupTimeUnits( String units ) → Units

lookupUnits

lookupUnits( String sunits ) → Units

lookupUnits canonical units object, or allocate one if the unit has not been used already. Examples include: "nT" where it's already allocated, "apples" where it allocates a new one, and "seconds since 2011-12-21T00:00" where it uses lookupTimeUnits.

Parameters

sunits - string identifier.

Returns:

canonical units object.

main

main( java.lang.String[] args ) → void

Parameters

args - a java.lang.String[]

Returns:

void (returns nothing)

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multiply

multiply( Number a, Number b, Units bUnits ) → Datum

Parameters

a - a Number
b - a Number
bUnits - an Units

Returns:

org.das2.datum.Datum

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nominal

nominal( ) → EnumerationUnits

return unit for identifying nominal data. Strings are enumerated using this unit using the result's create(string) method, which returns a datum representing the string. This method allocates a number for the string if one hasn't already been allocated, and the name is unique within the namespace "default".

Returns:

an EnumerationUnit with the namespace "default"

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nominal( String nameSpace ) → EnumerationUnits

parse

parse( String s ) → Datum

parse the string in the context of these units. The unit may throw a parse exception if it cannot be parsed, or may return a

Parameters

s - a String

Returns:

a Datum

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registerConverter

registerConverter( Units toUnits, org.das2.datum.UnitsConverter converter ) → void

register a converter between the units. Note these converters can be changed together to derive conversions. (A to B, B to C defines A to C.)

Parameters

toUnits - the target units
converter - the converter that goes from this unit to target units.

Returns:

void (returns nothing)

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subtract

subtract( Number a, Number b, Units bUnits ) → Datum

Parameters

a - a Number
b - a Number
bUnits - an Units

Returns:

org.das2.datum.Datum

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toString

toString( ) → String

Returns:

java.lang.String

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