Added the LinearUnit to the new units definition.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/org/unitConverter/newUnits/BaseUnit.java b/src/org/unitConverter/newUnits/BaseUnit.java
index 69e8b8b..b7577ff 100644
--- a/src/org/unitConverter/newUnits/BaseUnit.java
+++ b/src/org/unitConverter/newUnits/BaseUnit.java
@@ -51,6 +51,17 @@ public final class BaseUnit implements Unit {
 		this.symbol = Objects.requireNonNull(symbol, "symbol must not be null.");
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns a {@code LinearUnit} with this unit as a base and a conversion factor of 1. This operation must be done
+	 * in order to allow units to be created with operations.
+	 * 
+	 * @return this unit as a {@code LinearUnit}
+	 * @since 2019-10-16
+	 */
+	public LinearUnit asLinearUnit() {
+		return LinearUnit.valueOf(this.getBase(), 1);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public double convertFromBase(final double value) {
 		return value;