/// <summary>
/// Utility method that checks if the dimensions of the two units match.
/// If the dimensions do not match, an error string that can be put into
/// an exception is produced. If they match, null is returned.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="q1">First quantity to check</param>
/// <param name="q2">Second quantity to check</param>
/// <returns>Null if matching, otherwise an error string.</returns>
public static string CheckIfDimensionsMatch(IQuantity q1, IQuantity q2)
{
IDimension dim1 = q1.Unit.Dimension;
IDimension dim2 = q2.Unit.Dimension;
int count = 0;
string error = "Dimensions does not match:";
foreach (DimensionBase dimBase in Enum.GetValues(typeof(DimensionBase)))
{
double dimbaseval1 = dim1.GetPower(dimBase);
double dimbaseval2 = dim2.GetPower(dimBase);
if (dimbaseval1 != dimbaseval2)
{
count++;
error += string.Format(" ({0},{1},{2})", dimBase,
dimbaseval1.ToString(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
dimbaseval2.ToString(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
}
}
if (count == 0)
{
return(null);
}
return(error);
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines whether two dimensions are equal.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dimension1">Dimension one</param>
/// <param name="dimension2">Dimension two</param>
/// <returns>Returns <c>true</c> if powers of all dimension bases are same, otherwise returns <c>false</c>.</returns>
public static bool CompareDimensions(IDimension dimension1, IDimension dimension2)
{
for (int i = 0; i < (int)DimensionBase.NUM_BASE_DIMENSIONS; i++)
if (dimension1.GetPower((DimensionBase) i) != dimension2.GetPower((DimensionBase) i))
return( false );
return( true );
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines whether two dimensions are equal.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dimension1">Dimension one</param>
/// <param name="dimension2">Dimension two</param>
/// <returns>Returns <c>true</c> if powers of all dimension bases are same, otherwise returns <c>false</c>.</returns>
public static bool CompareDimensions(IDimension dimension1, IDimension dimension2)
{
for (int i = 0; i < (int)DimensionBase.NUM_BASE_DIMENSIONS; i++)
{
if (dimension1.GetPower((DimensionBase)i) != dimension2.GetPower((DimensionBase)i))
{
return(false);
}
}
return(true);
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines whether two dimensions are equal.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dimension1">Dimension one</param>
/// <param name="dimension2">Dimension two</param>
/// <returns>Returns <c>true</c> if powers of all dimension bases are same, otherwise returns <c>false</c>.</returns>
public static bool CompareDimensions(IDimension dimension1, IDimension dimension2)
{
for (int i = 0; i < (int)Enum.GetValues(typeof(DimensionBase)).Length; i++)
{
if (dimension1.GetPower((DimensionBase)i) != dimension2.GetPower((DimensionBase)i))
{
return(false);
}
}
return(true);
}
private bool CompareDimensions(IDimension dimension1, IDimension dimension2)
{
bool isSameDimension = true;
for (int i = 0; i < (int)DimensionBase.NUM_BASE_DIMENSIONS; i++)
{
if (dimension1.GetPower((DimensionBase)i) != dimension2.GetPower((DimensionBase)i))
{
isSameDimension = false;
}
}
return(isSameDimension);
}
///<summary>
/// Check if the current instance equals another instance of this class.
///</summary>
///<param name="dim1">The instance to compare the current instance with.</param>
///<returns><code>true</code> if the instances are the same instance or have the same content.</returns>
public static bool DescribesSameAs(IDimension dim1, IDimension dim2)
{
if (dim1 == null || dim2 == null)
{
return(false);
}
foreach (DimensionBase dimBase in Enum.GetValues(typeof(DimensionBase)))
{
if (dim1.GetPower(dimBase) != dim2.GetPower(dimBase))
{
return(false);
}
}
return(true);
}
///<summary>
/// Check if the current instance equals another instance of this class.
///</summary>
///<param name="dim1">The instance to compare the current instance with.</param>
///<returns><code>true</code> if the instances are the same instance or have the same content.</returns>
public static bool DescribesSameAs(IDimension dim1, IDimension dim2)
{
if (dim1 == null || dim2 == null)
return false;
foreach (DimensionBase dimBase in Enum.GetValues(typeof(DimensionBase)))
{
if (dim1.GetPower(dimBase) != dim2.GetPower(dimBase))
return false;
}
return true;
}
private bool CompareDimensions(IDimension dimension1, IDimension dimension2)
{
bool isSameDimension = true;
for (int i = 0; i < (int)DimensionBase.NUM_BASE_DIMENSIONS; i++)
{
if (dimension1.GetPower((DimensionBase) i) != dimension2.GetPower((DimensionBase) i))
{
isSameDimension = false;
}
}
return isSameDimension;
}