com.ibm.icu.util

Class Measure

java.lang.Object

com.ibm.icu.util.Measure

Direct Known Subclasses:

CurrencyAmount, TimeUnitAmount

public abstract class Measure
extends Object

An amount of a specified unit, consisting of a Number and a Unit. For example, a length measure consists of a Number and a length unit, such as feet or meters. This is an abstract class. Subclasses specify a concrete Unit type.

Measure objects are parsed and formatted by subclasses of MeasureFormat.

Measure objects are immutable.

Author:

Alan Liu

See Also:

Number, MeasureUnit, MeasureFormat

Status:

Stable ICU 3.0.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	Measure(Number number, MeasureUnit unit) Constructs a new object given a number and a unit.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object obj) Returns true if the given object is equal to this object.
Number	getNumber() Returns the numeric value of this object.
MeasureUnit	getUnit() Returns the unit of this object.
int	hashCode() Returns a hashcode for this object.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Measure

protected Measure(Number number,
       MeasureUnit unit)

Constructs a new object given a number and a unit.

Parameters:

number - the number

unit - the unit

Status:

Stable ICU 3.0.

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Returns true if the given object is equal to this object.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Returns:

true if this object is equal to the given object

Status:

Stable ICU 3.0.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hashcode for this object.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

a 32-bit hash

Status:

Stable ICU 3.0.

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string representation consisting of the ISO currency code together with the numeric amount

Status:

Stable ICU 3.0.

getNumber

public Number getNumber()

Returns the numeric value of this object.

Returns:

this object's Number

Status:

Stable ICU 3.0.

getUnit

public MeasureUnit getUnit()

Returns the unit of this object.

Returns:

this object's Unit

Status:

Stable ICU 3.0.