org.joda.time.base

Class AbstractInterval

java.lang.Object

org.joda.time.base.AbstractInterval

All Implemented Interfaces:

ReadableInterval

Direct Known Subclasses:

BaseInterval

public abstract class AbstractInterval
extends java.lang.Object
implements ReadableInterval

AbstractInterval provides the common behaviour for time intervals.

This class should generally not be used directly by API users. The ReadableInterval interface should be used when different kinds of intervals are to be referenced.

AbstractInterval subclasses may be mutable and not thread-safe.

Since:

1.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	contains(long millisInstant) Does this time interval contain the specified millisecond instant.
boolean	contains(ReadableInstant instant) Does this time interval contain the specified instant.
boolean	contains(ReadableInterval interval) Does this time interval contain the specified time interval.
boolean	containsNow() Does this time interval contain the current instant.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object readableInterval) Compares this object with the specified object for equality based on start and end millis plus the chronology.
DateTime	getEnd() Gets the end of this time interval, which is exclusive, as a DateTime.
DateTime	getStart() Gets the start of this time interval, which is inclusive, as a DateTime.
int	hashCode() Hashcode compatible with equals method.
boolean	isAfter(long millisInstant) Is this time interval after the specified millisecond instant.
boolean	isAfter(ReadableInstant instant) Is this time interval after the specified instant.
boolean	isAfter(ReadableInterval interval) Is this time interval entirely after the specified interval.
boolean	isAfterNow() Is this time interval after the current instant.
boolean	isBefore(long millisInstant) Is this time interval before the specified millisecond instant.
boolean	isBefore(ReadableInstant instant) Is this time interval before the specified instant.
boolean	isBefore(ReadableInterval interval) Is this time interval entirely before the specified instant.
boolean	isBeforeNow() Is this time interval before the current instant.
boolean	isEqual(ReadableInterval other) Is this interval equal to the specified interval ignoring the chronology.
boolean	overlaps(ReadableInterval interval) Does this time interval overlap the specified time interval.
Duration	toDuration() Gets the duration of this time interval.
long	toDurationMillis() Gets the duration of this time interval in milliseconds.
Interval	toInterval() Get this interval as an immutable Interval object.
MutableInterval	toMutableInterval() Get this time interval as a MutableInterval.
Period	toPeriod() Converts the duration of the interval to a Period using the All period type.
Period	toPeriod(PeriodType type) Converts the duration of the interval to a Period using the specified period type.
java.lang.String	toString() Output a string in ISO8601 interval format.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.joda.time.ReadableInterval

getChronology, getEndMillis, getStartMillis

Method Detail

getStart

public DateTime getStart()

Gets the start of this time interval, which is inclusive, as a DateTime.

Specified by:

getStart in interface ReadableInterval

Returns:

the start of the time interval

getEnd

public DateTime getEnd()

Gets the end of this time interval, which is exclusive, as a DateTime.

Specified by:

getEnd in interface ReadableInterval

Returns:

the end of the time interval

contains

public boolean contains(long millisInstant)

Does this time interval contain the specified millisecond instant.

Non-zero duration intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end. A zero duration interval cannot contain anything.

Parameters:

millisInstant - the instant to compare to, millisecond instant from 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Returns:

true if this time interval contains the millisecond

containsNow

public boolean containsNow()

Does this time interval contain the current instant.

Non-zero duration intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end. A zero duration interval cannot contain anything.

Returns:

true if this time interval contains the current instant

contains

public boolean contains(ReadableInstant instant)

Does this time interval contain the specified instant.

Non-zero duration intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end. A zero duration interval cannot contain anything.

For example:

 [09:00 to 10:00) contains 08:59  = false (before start)
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains 09:00  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains 09:59  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains 10:00  = false (equals end)
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains 10:01  = false (after end)
 
 [14:00 to 14:00) contains 14:00  = false (zero duration contains nothing)
 

Passing in a null parameter will have the same effect as calling containsNow().

Specified by:

contains in interface ReadableInterval

Parameters:

instant - the instant, null means now

Returns:

true if this time interval contains the instant

contains

public boolean contains(ReadableInterval interval)

Does this time interval contain the specified time interval.

Non-zero duration intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end. The other interval is contained if this interval wholly contains, starts, finishes or equals it. A zero duration interval cannot contain anything.

When two intervals are compared the result is one of three states: (a) they abut, (b) there is a gap between them, (c) they overlap. The contains method is not related to these states. In particular, a zero duration interval is contained at the start of a larger interval, but does not overlap (it abuts instead).

For example:

 [09:00 to 10:00) contains [09:00 to 10:00)  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains [09:00 to 09:30)  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains [09:30 to 10:00)  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains [09:15 to 09:45)  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains [09:00 to 09:00)  = true
 
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains [08:59 to 10:00)  = false (otherStart before thisStart)
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains [09:00 to 10:01)  = false (otherEnd after thisEnd)
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains [10:00 to 10:00)  = false (otherStart equals thisEnd)
 
 [14:00 to 14:00) contains [14:00 to 14:00)  = false (zero duration contains nothing)
 

Passing in a null parameter will have the same effect as calling containsNow().

Specified by:

contains in interface ReadableInterval

Parameters:

interval - the time interval to compare to, null means a zero duration interval now

Returns:

true if this time interval contains the time interval

overlaps

public boolean overlaps(ReadableInterval interval)

Does this time interval overlap the specified time interval.

Intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end. An interval overlaps another if it shares some common part of the datetime continuum.

When two intervals are compared the result is one of three states: (a) they abut, (b) there is a gap between them, (c) they overlap. The abuts state takes precedence over the other two, thus a zero duration interval at the start of a larger interval abuts and does not overlap.

For example:

 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [08:00 to 08:30)  = false (completely before)
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [08:00 to 09:00)  = false (abuts before)
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [08:00 to 09:30)  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [08:00 to 10:00)  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [08:00 to 11:00)  = true
 
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [09:00 to 09:00)  = false (abuts before)
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [09:00 to 09:30)  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [09:00 to 10:00)  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [09:00 to 11:00)  = true
 
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [09:30 to 09:30)  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [09:30 to 10:00)  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [09:30 to 11:00)  = true
 
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [10:00 to 10:00)  = false (abuts after)
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [10:00 to 11:00)  = false (abuts after)
 
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [10:30 to 11:00)  = false (completely after)
 
 [14:00 to 14:00) overlaps [14:00 to 14:00)  = false (abuts before and after)
 [14:00 to 14:00) overlaps [13:00 to 15:00)  = true
 

Specified by:

overlaps in interface ReadableInterval

Parameters:

interval - the time interval to compare to, null means a zero length interval now

Returns:

true if the time intervals overlap

isEqual

public boolean isEqual(ReadableInterval other)

Is this interval equal to the specified interval ignoring the chronology.

This compares the underlying instants, ignoring the chronology.

Parameters:

other - a readable interval to check against

Returns:

true if the intervals are equal comparing the start and end millis

Since:

2.3

isBefore

public boolean isBefore(long millisInstant)

Is this time interval before the specified millisecond instant.

Intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end.

Parameters:

millisInstant - the instant to compare to, millisecond instant from 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Returns:

true if this time interval is before the instant

isBeforeNow

public boolean isBeforeNow()

Is this time interval before the current instant.

Intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end.

Returns:

true if this time interval is before the current instant

isBefore

public boolean isBefore(ReadableInstant instant)

Is this time interval before the specified instant.

Intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end.

Specified by:

isBefore in interface ReadableInterval

Parameters:

instant - the instant to compare to, null means now

Returns:

true if this time interval is before the instant

isBefore

public boolean isBefore(ReadableInterval interval)

Is this time interval entirely before the specified instant.

Intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end.

Specified by:

isBefore in interface ReadableInterval

Parameters:

interval - the interval to compare to, null means now

Returns:

true if this time interval is before the interval specified

isAfter

public boolean isAfter(long millisInstant)

Is this time interval after the specified millisecond instant.

Intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end.

Parameters:

millisInstant - the instant to compare to, millisecond instant from 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Returns:

true if this time interval is after the instant

isAfterNow

public boolean isAfterNow()

Is this time interval after the current instant.

Intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end.

Returns:

true if this time interval is after the current instant

isAfter

public boolean isAfter(ReadableInstant instant)

Is this time interval after the specified instant.

Intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end.

Specified by:

isAfter in interface ReadableInterval

Parameters:

instant - the instant to compare to, null means now

Returns:

true if this time interval is after the instant

isAfter

public boolean isAfter(ReadableInterval interval)

Is this time interval entirely after the specified interval.

Intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end. Only the end time of the specified interval is used in the comparison.

Specified by:

isAfter in interface ReadableInterval

Parameters:

interval - the interval to compare to, null means now

Returns:

true if this time interval is after the interval specified

toInterval

public Interval toInterval()

Get this interval as an immutable Interval object.

Specified by:

toInterval in interface ReadableInterval

Returns:

the interval as an Interval object

toMutableInterval

public MutableInterval toMutableInterval()

Get this time interval as a MutableInterval.

This will always return a new MutableInterval with the same interval.

Specified by:

toMutableInterval in interface ReadableInterval

Returns:

the time interval as a MutableInterval object

toDurationMillis

public long toDurationMillis()

Gets the duration of this time interval in milliseconds.

The duration is equal to the end millis minus the start millis.

Specified by:

toDurationMillis in interface ReadableInterval

Returns:

the duration of the time interval in milliseconds

Throws:

java.lang.ArithmeticException - if the duration exceeds the capacity of a long

toDuration

public Duration toDuration()

Gets the duration of this time interval.

The duration is equal to the end millis minus the start millis.

Specified by:

toDuration in interface ReadableInterval

Returns:

the duration of the time interval

Throws:

java.lang.ArithmeticException - if the duration exceeds the capacity of a long

toPeriod

public Period toPeriod()

Converts the duration of the interval to a Period using the All period type.

This method should be used to extract the field values describing the difference between the start and end instants.

Specified by:

toPeriod in interface ReadableInterval

Returns:

a time period derived from the interval

toPeriod

public Period toPeriod(PeriodType type)

Converts the duration of the interval to a Period using the specified period type.

This method should be used to extract the field values describing the difference between the start and end instants.

Specified by:

toPeriod in interface ReadableInterval

Parameters:

type - the requested type of the duration, null means AllType

Returns:

a time period derived from the interval

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object readableInterval)

Compares this object with the specified object for equality based on start and end millis plus the chronology. All ReadableInterval instances are accepted.

To compare the duration of two time intervals, use toDuration() to get the durations and compare those.

Specified by:

equals in interface ReadableInterval

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

readableInterval - a readable interval to check against

Returns:

true if the intervals are equal comparing the start millis, end millis and chronology

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Hashcode compatible with equals method.

Specified by:

hashCode in interface ReadableInterval

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

suitable hashcode

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Output a string in ISO8601 interval format.

From version 2.1, the string includes the time zone offset.

Specified by:

toString in interface ReadableInterval

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

re-parsable string (in the default zone)