/**
* Convert a measure from one units to another. The conversion is between absolute the units
* should be one of the absolute units(CM, IN, MM, PT, PC).
*
* @param measure the numeric measure of the dimension.
* @param fromUnits unit of the measure, it must be one of the absolute unit.
* @param targetUnits the desired units, it must be one of the absolute unit.
* @return <code>DimensionValue</code> in the target unit.
*/
public static DimensionValue convertTo(double measure, String fromUnits, String targetUnits) {
if (targetUnits.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits)) return new DimensionValue(measure, fromUnits);
double targetMeasure = 0.0;
if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_IN.equalsIgnoreCase(targetUnits)) {
if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_CM.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits))
targetMeasure = measure / CM_PER_INCH;
else if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_MM.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits))
targetMeasure = measure / CM_PER_INCH / 10;
else if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_PT.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits))
targetMeasure = measure / POINTS_PER_INCH;
else if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_PC.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits))
targetMeasure = measure * POINTS_PER_PICA / POINTS_PER_INCH;
else throw new IllegalArgumentException("\"fromUnits\"" + ILLEGAL_UNIT); // $NON-NLS-1$
} else if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_CM.equalsIgnoreCase(targetUnits)) {
if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_IN.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits))
targetMeasure = measure * CM_PER_INCH;
else if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_MM.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits))
targetMeasure = measure / 10;
else if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_PT.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits))
targetMeasure = measure / POINTS_PER_CM;
else if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_PC.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits))
targetMeasure = measure * POINTS_PER_PICA / POINTS_PER_CM;
else throw new IllegalArgumentException("\"fromUnits\"" + ILLEGAL_UNIT); // $NON-NLS-1$
} else if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_MM.equalsIgnoreCase(targetUnits)) {
if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_IN.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits))
targetMeasure = measure * CM_PER_INCH * 10;
else if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_CM.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits))
targetMeasure = measure * 10;
else if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_PT.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits))
targetMeasure = measure * 10 / POINTS_PER_CM;
else if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_PC.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits))
targetMeasure = measure * POINTS_PER_PICA * 10 / POINTS_PER_CM;
else throw new IllegalArgumentException("\"fromUnits\"" + ILLEGAL_UNIT); // $NON-NLS-1$
} else if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_PT.equalsIgnoreCase(targetUnits)) {
if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_IN.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits))
targetMeasure = measure * POINTS_PER_INCH;
else if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_CM.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits))
targetMeasure = measure * POINTS_PER_CM;
else if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_MM.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits))
targetMeasure = measure * POINTS_PER_CM / 10;
else if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_PC.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits))
targetMeasure = measure * POINTS_PER_PICA;
else throw new IllegalArgumentException("\"fromUnits\"" + ILLEGAL_UNIT); // $NON-NLS-1$
} else if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_PC.equalsIgnoreCase(targetUnits)) {
if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_IN.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits))
targetMeasure = measure * POINTS_PER_INCH / POINTS_PER_PICA;
else if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_CM.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits))
targetMeasure = measure * POINTS_PER_CM / POINTS_PER_PICA;
else if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_MM.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits))
targetMeasure = measure * POINTS_PER_CM / 10 / POINTS_PER_PICA;
else if (DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_PT.equalsIgnoreCase(fromUnits))
targetMeasure = measure / POINTS_PER_PICA;
else throw new IllegalArgumentException("\"fromUnits\"" + ILLEGAL_UNIT); // $NON-NLS-1$
} else throw new IllegalArgumentException("\"targetUnits\"" + ILLEGAL_UNIT); // $NON-NLS-1$
return new DimensionValue(targetMeasure, targetUnits);
}
/**
* Return if the given unit is an absolute unit or not. The following units defined in <code>
* DesignChoiceConstants</code> are considered as absolute:
*
* <ul>
* <li>UNITS_IN
* <li>UNITS_CM
* <li>UNITS_MM
* <li>UNITS_PT
* <li>UNITS_PC
* </ul>
*
* @param unit a given unit.
* @return <code>true</code> if the unit is an absolute unit like cm, in, mm, pt and pc. Return
* <code>false</code> if the unit is not an absolute unit.( it can be an relative unit like
* "%", or even an unrecognized unit. )
*/
public static final boolean isAbsoluteUnit(String unit) {
return DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_IN.equalsIgnoreCase(unit)
|| DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_CM.equalsIgnoreCase(unit)
|| DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_MM.equalsIgnoreCase(unit)
|| DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_PT.equalsIgnoreCase(unit)
|| DesignChoiceConstants.UNITS_PC.equalsIgnoreCase(unit);
}
