From a252b459a2eabaf21c9476cdafe81317c31cf267 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Blender Defender <contact.blenderdefender@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 19:18:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: Update the type annotation in
 `ConvertLengthUnit.py` to be a literal

---
 .../ifcpatch/recipes/ConvertLengthUnit.py     | 27 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ifcpatch/ifcpatch/recipes/ConvertLengthUnit.py b/src/ifcpatch/ifcpatch/recipes/ConvertLengthUnit.py
index dce1aaa60e..f9874656f7 100644
--- a/src/ifcpatch/ifcpatch/recipes/ConvertLengthUnit.py
+++ b/src/ifcpatch/ifcpatch/recipes/ConvertLengthUnit.py
@@ -24,6 +24,31 @@ import ifcopenshell.util.element
 import ifcopenshell.util.unit
 from logging import Logger
 
+import typing
+
+LengthUnit = typing.Literal[
+    "ATTOMETER",
+    "CENTIMETER",
+    "DECAMETER",
+    "DECIMETER",
+    "EXAMETER",
+    "FEMTOMETER",
+    "GIGAMETER",
+    "HECTOMETER",
+    "KILOMETER",
+    "MEGAMETER",
+    "METER",
+    "MICROMETER",
+    "MILLIMETER",
+    "NANOMETER",
+    "PETAMETER",
+    "PICOMETER",
+    "TERAMETER",
+    "INCH",
+    "FOOT",
+    "MILE",
+]
+
 
 class Patcher:
     def __init__(
@@ -31,7 +56,7 @@ class Patcher:
         src: str,
         file: ifcopenshell.file,
         logger: Logger,
-        unit: str = "METER",
+        unit: LengthUnit = "METER",
     ):
         """Converts the length unit of a model to the specified unit