Package org.wikidata.wdtk.datamodel.interfaces

Interface QuantityValue

All Superinterfaces:

Value

All Known Implementing Classes:

JacksonValueQuantity, QuantityValueImpl

public interface QuantityValue
extends Value

A quantity value represents a number, possibly under some unit. The number can be of arbitrary precision. Additional upper and lower bounds are provided to allow an interval of uncertainty to be defined.

Author:

Markus Kroetzsch

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.math.BigDecimal	getLowerBound()	Returns the upper bound for the numeric value of this quantity.
java.math.BigDecimal	getNumericValue()	Returns the main numeric value of this quantity.
java.lang.String	getUnit()	Returns the unit of this quantity, or an empty string if there is no unit.
java.math.BigDecimal	getUpperBound()	Returns the upper bound for the numeric value of this quantity.

Methods inherited from interface org.wikidata.wdtk.datamodel.interfaces.Value

accept

Method Detail

getNumericValue

java.math.BigDecimal getNumericValue()

Returns the main numeric value of this quantity.

Returns:

numeric value as a decimal value of arbitrary precision

getLowerBound

java.math.BigDecimal getLowerBound()

Returns the upper bound for the numeric value of this quantity.

Returns:

numeric value as a decimal value of arbitrary precision or null if not set

getUpperBound

java.math.BigDecimal getUpperBound()

Returns the upper bound for the numeric value of this quantity.

Returns:

numeric value as a decimal value of arbitrary precision or null if not set

getUnit

java.lang.String getUnit()

Returns the unit of this quantity, or an empty string if there is no unit. Units are typically encoded as entity IRIs.

Returns:

unit string, or empty string if no unit is given