Ocean* Application Development Framework - Ocean - Schlumberger

Units
Shown below is an example setting up and using a converter:
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// Find the unit service and catalog
IUnitService us;
us = CoreSystem.GetService() as IUnitService;
IUnitCatalog catalog = us.GetCatalog(null);
// units for degrees in fahrenheit and celcius
IUnit f = catalog.GetUnit(“Deg F”);
IUnit c = catalog.GetUnit(“Deg C”);
// Create the converter
IUnitConverter f2c = catalog.GetConverter(f, c);
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The IUnitConverter.Convert method is overloaded to perform the conversion
of double or float values. Individual values, arrays, or portions of arrays can be
converted.
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// Create the converter
IUnitConverter f2c = catalog.GetConverter(f, c);
// Define arrays of values to convert.
float[ ] fa;
double[ ] da;
// Use your favorite code to populate the array
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// Convert single values
float a = f2c.Convert(32.0f);
double b = f2c.Convert(32.0);
// Convert the arrays
float[ ] c = f2c.Convert(fa);
double[ ] d = f2c.Convert(da);
// Convert part of the arrays in place.
f2c.Convert(fa, 0, 5);
f2c.Convert(da, 0, 5);
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Unit Conversion for
Domain Objects
Object data is often stored with units that are not the desired units for presentation
to the user in an application. For example, time might be stored in seconds while
milliseconds are the common units for presentation. It is therefore necessary to
convert the data and units from the storage representation to the user interface
representation (Fig. 4-14 on page 4-172). The data received by the Ocean API is
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