# Getting Started

# Add dependency

<repositories>
  <repository>
    <name>Central Portal Snapshots</name>
    <id>central-portal-snapshots</id>
    <url>https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/</url>
    <releases>
      <enabled>false</enabled>
    </releases>
    <snapshots>
      <enabled>true</enabled>
    </snapshots>
  </repository>
</repositories>

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.fhnaumann.ucumate</groupId>
    <artifactId>ucumate-core</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>

# Core Functionality

Use the UCUMService class to access the core functionality. This includes lookup, printing, validation, canonicalization and conversion.

UCUMService ucumService = new UCUMService(); // default version is 2.2, but you can also specify a different version
LookupResult lookupResult = ucumService.lookup("meter");
String print = ucumService.print("cm");
ValidationResult valResult = ucumService.validate("cm");
CanonicalizationResult canonResult = ucumService.canonicalize("[in_i]");
ConversionResult convResult = ucumService.convert("[ft_i]", "[in_i]");

Read more about the parameter and return types of the UCUMService class in the core functionality documentation.