Bitrate, a standard type

Data per second: 100Mbps.

Use it for network and video speeds. A DataSize over a Duration gives one.

Shape

One value, with no fields to fill in. As text it reads 100000000 bps.

Example

example

Bitrate(100Mbps)

text.parse(raw, as: Bitrate) reads one from text that comes from outside. Text that isn't one at all fails malformed, such as 5, 1.2.3 or five.

These operations give one: units.of and units.sum.

Good to know

It counts bits, while DataSize counts bytes, so 8 Mbps moves 1 MB each second.
== tells you whether two are the same, and < and list.sort_by compare and sort them.

In JSON

An object of its parts, in a request, a response or json.write:

json

{"value":"8000","unit":"bps"}{"value":"1000000","unit":"bps"}{"value":"100000000","unit":"bps"}

Details

Text form, storage, how it is shown, and operations

Bitrate is in the group Maths and data, and has been in Jadpo since 0.1.0.

Text form

text.from writes one standard text form, the same form text.parse reads back: 8000 bps, 1000000 bps and 100000000 bps.

How it is stored

It is stored in one column named for the field, of type numeric(38, 0), holding the bitrate in bits per second (bit/s). 1000000 bps is stored as 1000000.

How it is shown to people

text.format(value, locale:) shows it to people in their locale. A call may also give unit:.

With locale: Locale.en_gb:

Value	Shown
`8000 bps`	`8,000 bit/s`
`1000000 bps`	`1,000,000 bit/s`
`100000000 bps`	`100,000,000 bit/s`

Operations

units.in(value: Quantity, unit: QuantityUnit, scale: Int, rounding: Rounding) -> Decimal: value in unit, a unit of its kind, as a Decimal of scale places rounded by rounding: units.in(5km, LengthUnit.mile, scale: 2, rounding: Rounding.half_even) is 3.11.
units.of(value: Number, unit: QuantityUnit) -> Quantity: value of unit, an Int or a Decimal, as the quantity of unit's kind, converted exactly to the base unit and rounded half to even to the kind's scale: units.of(5, LengthUnit.mile).
units.sum(items: List<Quantity>) -> Quantity: The items added up, all of one kind; nothing for no items. A Temperature or a SoundLevel doesn't add to itself, so neither is summed.

It also takes text.parse, text.from, text.format, json.read, json.write and ==. How every standard type behaves says how they work.