/**
 * Copyright (C) 2018 Adrien Hopkins
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package unitConverter.unit;

import java.util.Objects;

import unitConverter.dimension.UnitDimension;

/**
 * A unit that has an associated base unit, and can convert a value expressed in it to and from that base.
 * 
 * @author Adrien Hopkins
 * @since 2018-12-22
 */
public interface Unit {
	/**
	 * Checks if a value expressed in this unit can be converted to a value expressed in {@code other}
	 * 
	 * @param other
	 *            unit to test with
	 * @return true if the units are compatible
	 * @since 2019-01-13
	 */
	default boolean canConvertTo(final Unit other) {
		return Objects.equals(this.getBase(), other.getBase());
	}

	/**
	 * Converts from a value expressed in this unit's base unit to a value expressed in this unit.
	 * <p>
	 * This must be the inverse of {@code convertToBase}, so {@code convertFromBase(convertToBase(value))} must be equal
	 * to {@code value} for any value, ignoring precision loss by roundoff error.
	 * </p>
	 * <p>
	 * If this unit <i>is</i> a base unit, this method should return {@code value}.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @param value
	 *            value expressed in <b>base</b> unit
	 * @return value expressed in <b>this</b> unit
	 * @since 2018-12-22
	 */
	double convertFromBase(double value);

	/**
	 * Converts from a value expressed in this unit to a value expressed in this unit's base unit.
	 * <p>
	 * This must be the inverse of {@code convertFromBase}, so {@code convertToBase(convertFromBase(value))} must be
	 * equal to {@code value} for any value, ignoring precision loss by roundoff error.
	 * </p>
	 * <p>
	 * If this unit <i>is</i> a base unit, this method should return {@code value}.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @param value
	 *            value expressed in <b>this</b> unit
	 * @return value expressed in <b>base</b> unit
	 * @since 2018-12-22
	 */
	double convertToBase(double value);

	/**
	 * <p>
	 * Returns the base unit associated with this unit.
	 * </p>
	 * <p>
	 * The dimension of this unit must be equal to the dimension of the returned unit.
	 * </p>
	 * <p>
	 * If this unit <i>is</i> a base unit, this method should return this unit.\
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @return base unit associated with this unit
	 * @since 2018-12-22
	 */
	Unit getBase();

	/**
	 * @return dimension measured by this unit
	 * @since 2018-12-22
	 */
	UnitDimension getDimension();

	/**
	 * @return system that this unit is a part of
	 * @since 2018-12-23
	 */
	UnitSystem getSystem();
}