Unitless.java
package org.djunits.unit;
import org.djunits.quantity.Dimensionless;
import org.djunits.unit.scale.LinearScale;
import org.djunits.unit.scale.Scale;
import org.djunits.unit.si.SIUnit;
import org.djunits.unit.system.UnitSystem;
/**
* Unitless encodes a unit without dimensions, e.g., to encode a constant.
* <p>
* Copyright (c) 2025-2026 Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 5, 2628 BX Delft, the Netherlands. All rights reserved. See
* for project information <a href="https://djunits.org" target="_blank">https://djunits.org</a>. The DJUNITS project is
* distributed under a <a href="https://djunits.org/docs/license.html" target="_blank">three-clause BSD-style license</a>.
* @author Alexander Verbraeck
*/
public class Unitless extends AbstractUnit<Unitless, Dimensionless>
{
/** The dimensions of the dimensionless quantity: 1 [rad, sr, kg, m, s, A, K, mol, cd]. */
public static final SIUnit SI_UNIT = new SIUnit(new int[] {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0});
/** The SI or BASE unit. */
public static final Unitless BASE = new Unitless(" ", " ", 1.0, UnitSystem.OTHER);
/**
* Create a new Dimensionless unit.
* @param id the id or main abbreviation of the unit
* @param name the full name of the unit
* @param scaleFactorToBaseUnit the scale factor of the unit to convert it TO the base (SI) unit
* @param unitSystem the unit system such as SI or IMPERIAL
*/
public Unitless(final String id, final String name, final double scaleFactorToBaseUnit, final UnitSystem unitSystem)
{
super(id, name, new LinearScale(scaleFactorToBaseUnit), unitSystem);
}
/**
* Return a derived unit for this unit, with textual abbreviation(s) and a display abbreviation.
* @param textualAbbreviation the textual abbreviation of the unit, which doubles as the id
* @param displayAbbreviation the display abbreviation of the unit
* @param name the full name of the unit
* @param scale the scale to use to convert between this unit and the standard (e.g., SI, BASE) unit
* @param unitSystem unit system, e.g. SI or Imperial
*/
public Unitless(final String textualAbbreviation, final String displayAbbreviation, final String name, final Scale scale,
final UnitSystem unitSystem)
{
super(textualAbbreviation, displayAbbreviation, name, scale, unitSystem);
}
@Override
public SIUnit siUnit()
{
return SI_UNIT;
}
@Override
public Unitless getBaseUnit()
{
return BASE;
}
@Override
public Dimensionless ofSi(final double si)
{
return Dimensionless.ofSi(si);
}
@Override
public Unitless deriveUnit(final String textualAbbreviation, final String displayAbbreviation, final String name,
final double scaleFactor, final UnitSystem unitSystem)
{
if (getScale() instanceof LinearScale ls)
{
return new Unitless(textualAbbreviation, displayAbbreviation, name,
new LinearScale(ls.getScaleFactorToBaseUnit() * scaleFactor), unitSystem);
}
throw new UnitRuntimeException("Only possible to derive a unit from a unit with a linear scale");
}
}