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tdeedu/kalzium/src/tempunit.h

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#ifndef TEMPUNIT_H
#define TEMPUNIT_H
/***************************************************************************
* Copyright (C) 2005 by Pino Toscano *
* toscano.pino@tiscali.it *
* *
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify *
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by *
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or *
* (at your option) any later version. *
* *
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, *
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of *
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the *
* GNU General Public License for more details. *
* *
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License *
* along with this program; if not, write to the *
* Free Software Foundation, Inc., *
* 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. *
***************************************************************************/
#include <tqpair.h>
#include <tqstringlist.h>
/**
* This class obtains all the info needed to work with the units of measure
* of temperature.
*
* It has static methods you can call to get the various infos. The most
* important methods is convert(), that performs conversions.
*
* @author Pino Toscano
*/
class TempUnit
{
public:
enum Unit { Kelvin = 0,
Celsius,
Fahrenheit,
Rankine,
Reaumur
};
/**
* Convert the temperature unit @p value given in the unit
* @p from to the unit @p to.
*
* @return the value converted
*/
static double convert( double value,
TempUnit::Unit from,
TempUnit::Unit to );
/**
* @param value the temperature to convert
* @param from the unit from which to convert
*
* @return the temperature to Kelvin
*/
static double convertToKelvin( const double value,
TempUnit::Unit from );
/**
* @overload
*/
static double convert( const double value,
int from,
int to );
/**
* @return a list with the symbols of the temperature units
* we support
*/
static TQStringList unitListSymbols();
/**
* @return the symbol of the @p i -th unit
*/
static TQString unitListSymbol( int i );
static TQPair<double, double> rangeForUnit( TempUnit::Unit u );
/**
* @overload
*/
static TQPair<double, double> rangeForUnit( int u );
};
#endif // TEMPUNIT_H