Unit class

Describes a storage amount unit

While a public constructor is provided you should really consider this as a enum class instead.

Provided values:

  • Unit.auto: Default, special, unit, which instructs the formatting code to chose automatically choose the best unit based on the provided inputs.
  • Unit.byte: While it is marked as a decimal based unit it does also refer to binary based unit.

Decimal (1000-based multiplier) units

Binary (1024-based multiplier) units

Constructors

Unit(String name, double multiplier, UnitType type)
Primary constructor
const

Properties

hashCode → int
The hash code for this object.
no setterinherited
multiplier → double
final
name → String
final
runtimeType → Type
A representation of the runtime type of the object.
no setterinherited
type → UnitType
final

Methods

noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic
Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.
inherited
toString() → String
A string representation of this object.
inherited

Operators

operator ==(Object other) → bool
The equality operator.
inherited

Static Methods

bestFor(double amount, [UnitType type = UnitType.binary]) → Unit
Determines the best unit for given amount and type.
find(String name) → Unit
Find a predefined unit by its name.

Constants

auto → const Unit
byte → const Unit
exabyte → const Unit
exbibyte → const Unit
gibibyte → const Unit
gigabyte → const Unit
kibibyte → const Unit
kilobyte → const Unit
mebibyte → const Unit
megabyte → const Unit
pebibyte → const Unit
petabyte → const Unit
tebibyte → const Unit
terabyte → const Unit
yobibyte → const Unit
yottabyte → const Unit
zebibyte → const Unit
zettabyte → const Unit