com.timjohnstondev.unitconverter.logic
Class FormulaParser

java.lang.Object
  com.timjohnstondev.unitconverter.logic.FormulaParser

public final class FormulaParser
extends Object

This parser can take a String as a formula that contains a variable (must be X) and the value for that variable, do the calculations to return a BigDecimal.

There can be multiple occurrences of the variable, but only one variable. Symbols it can handle: (, ), ^, *, /, +, -

Method Summary

static BigDecimal

parse(String variableValue, String newFormula) Returns the calculated value of the given formula with the variable value substituted in.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

parse

public static BigDecimal parse(String variableValue,
                               String newFormula)

Returns the calculated value of the given formula with the variable value substituted in.

Parameters:

variableValue - the value of the variable in the formula

newFormula - the formula to be evaluated

Returns:

the calculated value