Units.h File Reference

#include <limits>
#include <string>

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Classes
class	carma::services::Units
	This class is based on the GNU units library. More...

Namespaces
module	carma
	IDL for bima Rx Control, inherits from antenna::common::RxControl.
	carma::services
	Auxiliary Services is intended to provide routines commonly needed for array control and observational planning.

Detailed Description

Unit conversion routines. This class is a generic unit conversion class based on the GNU units library. It provides methods to convert a value in one unit to its corresponding value in any conformable units. If the conversion units are not conformable a carma::services::ConformablityException is thrown.

This class also provides scaling methods named after the Greek prefixes, e.g kilo() returns 1000.0.

It is highly recommended authors use CARMA Standard Units (mostly SI units), though this class, and the related ConformableQuantity class can aid in hiding these.

See Also

http://www.cam.cornell.edu/~adrian/units.html

"man units"

$CARMA_TOOLS/share/units.dat

http://www.mmarray.org/workinggroups/computing/CarmaStdUnits.html

Author

Chul Gwon

Marc Pound

Version

Revision:

1.23

Definition in file Units.h.