uk.ac.starlink.ttools.convert

Class Conversions

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.starlink.ttools.convert.Conversions

public class Conversions
extends Object

Utility functions for converting between value types.

Note: The functionality provided here predates the DomainMapper machinery (see ValueInfo.getDomainMappers()), and using it may interfere with that. At time of writing this note however, DomainMapper implementation and use is not complete either. When DomainMappers are working properly, use of this class should be phased out. The class is currently configured to perform conversions for (sexagesimal) angles, but not for ISO-8601 time representations, since time is handled by DomainMappers. But there may still be opportunities for nasty surprises.

Since:

24 Feb 2006

Author:

Mark Taylor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static ValueConverter	getNumericConverter(ValueInfo info) Returns a converter from the given ValueInfo to a numeric quantity.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getNumericConverter

public static ValueConverter getNumericConverter(ValueInfo info)

Returns a converter from the given ValueInfo to a numeric quantity.

Parameters:

info - input quantity metadata

Returns:

converter which can convert info quantities to a numeric form, or null if we don't know how to do it