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23 class UnitsDictionary from Units
28 ---Purpose: This class creates a dictionary of all the units
33 HAsciiString from TCollection,
34 AsciiString from TCollection,
36 QuantitiesSequence from Units,
42 Create returns mutable UnitsDictionary from Units;
46 ---Purpose: Returns an empty instance of UnitsDictionary.
48 Creates(me : mutable ; afilename : CString)
52 ---Purpose: Returns a UnitsDictionary object which contains the
53 -- sequence of all the units you want to consider,
54 -- physical quantity by physical quantity.
58 Sequence(me) returns any QuantitiesSequence from Units
64 ---Purpose: Returns the head of the sequence of physical
69 UpToDate(me) returns Boolean
73 ---Purpose: Returns true if there has been no modification of the
74 -- file Units.dat since the creation of the dictionary
75 -- object, false otherwise.
79 ActiveUnit(me ; aquantity : CString) returns AsciiString from TCollection
83 ---Purpose: Returns for <aquantity> the active unit.
87 Dump(me ; alevel : Integer)
93 ---Purpose: Dumps only the sequence of quantities without the
94 -- units if <alevel> is equal to zero, and for each
95 -- quantity all the units stored if <alevel> is equal to
100 Dump(me ; adimensions : Dimensions)
106 ---Purpose: Dumps for a designated physical dimensions
107 -- <adimensions> all the previously stored units.
113 thefilename : HAsciiString from TCollection;
115 thequantitiessequence : QuantitiesSequence from Units;