Complete Unit Conversion Sample in C# .NET

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Introduction

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Using the Code

Make UnitTypes enumeration like this:

public enum UnitTypes
{
    Cm,
    In,
    Mm,
    Px,
}

Make a Unit DataType structure like this:

[TypeConverter(typeof(UnitConverter))]

public struct Unit
{
public Unit(double value, UnitTypes type)
{
this._value = value;
this._type = type;
}
private double _value;
public double Value
{
get { return _value; }
set { _value = value; }
}
private UnitTypes _type;
public UnitTypes Type
{
get { return _type; }
set
{
this.Value = this.To(value).Value;
_type = value; 
}
}
public double GetPixelPer(UnitTypes unitType)
{
switch (unitType)
{
case UnitTypes.Cm:
return this.GetPixelPer(UnitTypes.In) / 2.54F;
case UnitTypes.In:
return 96;
case UnitTypes.Mm:
return this.GetPixelPer(UnitTypes.Cm) / 10;
default:
return 1;
}
}
public Unit To(UnitTypes unitType)
{
return new Unit((this.Value * this.GetPixelPer(this.Type)) / 
				this.GetPixelPer(unitType), unitType);
}
public static Unit operator +(Unit a, Unit b)
{
return new Unit(a.To(UnitTypes.Px) + b.To(UnitTypes.Px), UnitTypes.Px);
}
public static Unit operator -(Unit a, Unit b)
{
return new Unit(a.To(UnitTypes.Px) - b.To(UnitTypes.Px), UnitTypes.Px);
}
public static Unit operator *(Unit a, Unit b)
{
return new Unit(a.To(UnitTypes.Px) * b.To(UnitTypes.Px), UnitTypes.Px);
}
public static Unit operator /(Unit a, Unit b)
{
return new Unit(a.To(UnitTypes.Px) / b.To(UnitTypes.Px), UnitTypes.Px);
}
public static implicit operator double(Unit u)
{
return u.To(UnitTypes.Px);
}
public override string ToString()
{
return string.Format("{0} {1}", this.Value.ToString(), this.Type.ToString());
}
}

Make a class that inherited from TypeConverter in System.ComponentModel namespace like this:

public class UnitConverter
: TypeConverter
{
public override bool CanConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, Type sourceType)
{
if (sourceType == typeof(string))
return true;
return base.CanConvertFrom(context, sourceType);
}
public override bool CanConvertTo
	(ITypeDescriptorContext context, Type destinationType)
{
if (destinationType == typeof(string))
return true;
return base.CanConvertTo(context, destinationType);
}
public override object ConvertFrom
	(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, object value)
{
if (value is string)
{
string unitString = (value as string);
double unitValue = -1;
if (double.TryParse(unitString.Remove(unitString.Length - 2, 2), out unitValue))
return new Unit(unitValue, (UnitTypes)Enum.Parse(typeof(UnitTypes), 
		unitString.Substring(unitString.Length - 2, 2), true));
else throw new Exception("Property value is not correct. 
	( { ±5.0 × 10-324 to ±1.7 × 10308 } { Cm | Px | In | Mm } )");
}
return base.ConvertFrom(context, culture, value);
}
public override object ConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext context, 
	CultureInfo culture, object value, Type destinationType)
{
if (destinationType == typeof(string))
return value.ToString();
else return base.ConvertTo(context, culture, value, destinationType);
}
}

Then test your Unit DataType with Console or other Application types... like this:

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Globalization;
namespace UnitConverterSample
{
public static class Program
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("Welcome to UnitConverter Test Center...");
Unit a = new Unit(1, UnitTypes.In);
Console.WriteLine("{0} is {1}", a.ToString(), a.To(UnitTypes.Cm).ToString());
Console.WriteLine("{0} is {1}", a.ToString(), a.To(UnitTypes.Mm).ToString());
Console.WriteLine("{0} is {1}", a.ToString(), a.To(UnitTypes.In).ToString());
Console.WriteLine("{0} is {1}", a.ToString(), a.To(UnitTypes.Px).ToString());
Unit b = new Unit(1, UnitTypes.Cm);
Console.WriteLine("{0} is {1}", b.ToString(), b.To(UnitTypes.Mm).ToString());
Console.WriteLine("{0} is {1}", b.ToString(), b.To(UnitTypes.In).ToString());
Console.WriteLine("{0} is {1}", b.ToString(), b.To(UnitTypes.Cm).ToString());
Console.WriteLine("{0} is {1}", b.ToString(), b.To(UnitTypes.Px).ToString());
Console.WriteLine("Start Conversion Test...");
Unit e = new Unit(10, UnitTypes.Cm);
Console.WriteLine("Before Unit Conversion : {0} .", e.ToString());
e.Type = UnitTypes.Px;
Console.WriteLine("After Unit Conversion : {0} .", e.ToString());
e.Type = UnitTypes.Cm;
Console.WriteLine("After Rollback Unit Conversion : {0} .", e.ToString());
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}

Thank you.

MGA2005
Mohammad.MGA@hotmail.com

History

• 26^th December, 2007: Initial post