icuSources/i18n/unicode/measunit.h

   1 /*
   2 **********************************************************************
   3 * Copyright (c) 2004-2006, International Business Machines
   4 * Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
   5 **********************************************************************
   6 * Author: Alan Liu
   7 * Created: April 26, 2004
   8 * Since: ICU 3.0
   9 **********************************************************************
  10 */
  11 #ifndef __MEASUREUNIT_H__
  12 #define __MEASUREUNIT_H__
  13
  14 #include "unicode/utypes.h"
  15
  16 #if !UCONFIG_NO_FORMATTING
  17
  18 #include "unicode/fmtable.h"
  19
  20 /**
  21  * \file
  22  * \brief C++ API: A unit for measuring a quantity.
  23  */
  24
  25 U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
  26
  27 /**
  28  * A unit such as length, mass, volume, currency, etc.  A unit is
  29  * coupled with a numeric amount to produce a Measure.
  30  *
  31  * <p>This is an abstract class.
  32  *
  33  * @author Alan Liu
  34  * @stable ICU 3.0
  35  */
  36 class U_I18N_API MeasureUnit: public UObject {
  37  public:
  38     /**
  39      * Return a polymorphic clone of this object.  The result will
  40      * have the same class as returned by getDynamicClassID().
  41      * @stable ICU 3.0
  42      */
  43     virtual UObject* clone() const = 0;
  44
  45     /**
  46      * Destructor
  47      * @stable ICU 3.0
  48      */
  49     virtual ~MeasureUnit();
  50
  51     /**
  52      * Equality operator.  Return true if this object is equal
  53      * to the given object.
  54      * @stable ICU 3.0
  55      */
  56     virtual UBool operator==(const UObject& other) const = 0;
  57
  58  protected:
  59     /**
  60      * Default constructor.
  61      * @stable ICU 3.0
  62      */
  63     MeasureUnit();
  64 };
  65
  66 U_NAMESPACE_END
  67
  68 // NOTE: There is no measunit.cpp. For implementation, see measure.cpp. [alan]
  69
  70 #endif // !UCONFIG_NO_FORMATTING
  71 #endif // __MEASUREUNIT_H__