/**
 *                                                                            
 * Copyright (c) 2011, 2016 - Loetz GmbH&Co.KG (69115 Heidelberg, Germany)
 *                                                                            
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials           
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0        
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at                  
 * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/                                 
 *                                 
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0                                 
 *                                                                            
 * Contributors:   
 * Christophe Loetz (Loetz GmbH&Co.KG) - initial implementation 
 */
package org.eclipse.osbp.xtext.functionlibrary.common.uomo;

import java.util.Set;

import org.eclipse.uomo.units.impl.BaseAmount;
import org.unitsofmeasurement.quantity.Quantity;
import org.unitsofmeasurement.unit.SystemOfUnits;
import org.unitsofmeasurement.unit.Unit;


/**
 * Interface for all system of units for one combination of SystemOfUnits <code><S></code> and Quantity <code><Q></code>
 * @param <code><S></code>
 * @param <code><Q></code>
 */
public interface ISystemOfQuantityUnits<S extends SystemOfUnits, Q extends Quantity<Q>> {
	/**
	 * @return all units available for this combination of SystemOfUnits and Quantity
	 */
	public Set<Unit<?>> getUnits();
	
	/**
	 * @return the name for for this combination of SystemOfUnits and Quantity
	 */
	public String getName();
	
	/**
	 * @param systemOfUnitsOrQuantity class of SystemOfUnits or Quantity
	 * @return true if this system of units handles the given SystemOfUnit or Quantity class
	 */
	public boolean handles(Class<?> systemOfUnitsOrQuantity);
	
	/**
	 * @return returns the corresponding basic SystemOfUnits class
	 */
	public Class<S> getSystemOfUnitsClass();
	
	/**
	 * @return returns the corresponding basic SystemOfUnits class
	 */
	public Class<Q> getQuantityClass();
	
	/**
	 * @return returns the corresponding basic SystemOfUnits class
	 */
	public Class<BaseAmount<Q>> getAmountClass();
	
	/**
	 * @param number
	 * @param unit
	 * @return returns a unit based amount
	 */
	public BaseAmount<Q> createAmount(Number number, Unit<Q> unit);
}