AvogadroConstant.h

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#ifndef _AvogadroConstant_h
#define _AvogadroConstant_h

// Quantity includes
#include "Quantities/Quantity/UniqueConstant.h"
#include "Quantities/PhysicalQuantities/AmountOfSubstance.h"

namespace quantity {
  namespace avogadroConstant {

class Class;

class Unit;

/* the CoulombPerMole and prefixed variants */


typedef unit::Component<amountOfSubstance::Units, BSUtilities::Rational<-1> >
                                                    AmountOfSubstanceElement;

typedef 
  unit::ComposeBase<Unit, Loki::Typelist<AmountOfSubstanceElement, 
                              Loki::NullType> > AvogadroConstantComposedUnit;

typedef unit::Composed<AvogadroConstantComposedUnit, 
  Loki::Typelist<amountOfSubstance::Mole, Loki::NullType> > OnePerMole;
typedef unit::Composed<AvogadroConstantComposedUnit, 
  Loki::Typelist<amountOfSubstance::MilliMole, Loki::NullType> >
                                                     OnePerMilliMole;

typedef Loki::Typelist<AvogadroConstantComposedUnit, Loki::NullType> Units;

/* AvogadroConstant quantity */

typedef Quantity<Class> Quantity;

class DerivedAvogadroConstant;

  } // end namespace avogadroConstant

template<>
  struct QuantityTraits<avogadroConstant::Class>
  {
    typedef
      dimension::Dimension<BSUtilities::Rational<0>,
        BSUtilities::Rational<0>, BSUtilities::Rational<0>,
          BSUtilities::Rational<0>, BSUtilities::Rational<0>,
            BSUtilities::Rational<-1>, BSUtilities::Rational<0> > 
                                                              Dimension;
    typedef avogadroConstant::Unit UnitType;
    typedef avogadroConstant::Units UnitList;
    typedef avogadroConstant::OnePerMole DefaultUnit;

    typedef avogadroConstant::DerivedAvogadroConstant 
                                             DefaultDerivedQuantityType;

    static const std::string NameString ();
    static const std::string SymbolString ();

  };

// the derived quantity traits template for Avogadro constant
template<>
  struct DerivedQuantityTraits<avogadroConstant::Class, 
                              avogadroConstant::DerivedAvogadroConstant>
  {
    static const bool OverwriteName = false;
    static const bool OverwriteSymbol = false;

    static const std::string NameString ();
    static const std::string SymbolString ();

  };

typedef Loki::SingletonHolder<UniqueConstant
                         <avogadroConstant::Quantity> > AvogadroConstant;

#define AVOGADROCONSTANT AvogadroConstant::Instance()

} // end namespace quantity

#endif /* _AvogadroConstant_h */

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