Description

We make use of a Units library for keeping track of the difference between meters and feet etc... We have been making use of an offical JSR-108 jar.

There were two replacements available once we upgraded to Java 5

• JScience
• JSR-275

The JSR-275 jar is now officially available:

• http://download.java.net/maven/2/net/java/dev/jsr-275/

Status

The work has been completed.

Voting results:

• Andrea Aime +1
• Ian Turton
• Justin Deoliveira
• Jody Garnett +1
• Martin Desruisseaux +1
• Simone Giannecchini +0

Tasks

This section is used to make sure your proposal is complete (did you remember documentation?) and has enough paid or volunteer time lined up to be a success.

1. Fix the dependency in GeoAPI, and deploy a new jar
2. Fix any and all compile errors (mostly import statements; but may make use of the Quantity package with Java 5 generics and catch a few mistakes)
3. Update the user guide; there is very little documentation on Units use so this will not take long.

API Changes

Change the import; use Quantity package.

There is one additional change related to Converter. I will document it in this page when I will make this change in GeoTools. Since I don't think that many use Converter directly, it will probably impact few peoples.

BEFORE

AFTER

Note the class name change from Converter to UnitConverter.

Documentation Changes

We will need to change the following:

• Developers Guide references to JSR-108
• User Guide references to JSR-108