Interface GDateSpecification

  • All Known Implementing Classes:
    GDate, GDateBuilder

    public interface GDateSpecification
    Represents an XML Schema-compatible Gregorian date.

    Both the immutable GDate and the mutable GDateBuilder are GDateSpecifications. Use this interface where you want to allow callers to pass any implementation of a GDate.

    See Also:
    GDate, XmlCalendar
    • Field Summary

      Fields 
      Modifier and Type Field Description
      static int HAS_DAY
      Day of month is specified.
      static int HAS_MONTH
      Month of year is specified.
      static int HAS_TIME
      Time of day is specified.
      static int HAS_TIMEZONE
      Timezone is specified.
      static int HAS_YEAR
      Year is specified.
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      java.lang.String canonicalString()
      The canonical string representation.
      int compareToGDate​(GDateSpecification gdatespec)
      Comparison to another GDate.
      int getBuiltinTypeCode()
      Returns the builtin type code for the shape of the information contained in this instance, or 0 if the instance doesn't contain information corresponding to a Schema type.
      XmlCalendar getCalendar()
      Retrieves the value of the current time as an XmlCalendar.
      java.util.Date getDate()
      Retrieves the value of the current time as a java.util.Date instance.
      int getDay()
      Gets the day-of-month.
      int getFlags()
      Returns a combination of flags indicating the information contained by this GDate.
      java.math.BigDecimal getFraction()
      Gets the fraction-of-second.
      int getHour()
      Gets the hour-of-day.
      int getJulianDate()
      Returns the Julian date corresponding to this Gregorian date.
      int getMillisecond()
      Gets the rounded millisecond value.
      int getMinute()
      Gets the minute-of-hour.
      int getMonth()
      Gets the month-of-year.
      int getSecond()
      Gets the second-of-minute.
      int getTimeZoneHour()
      Gets the time zone hour.
      int getTimeZoneMinute()
      Gets the time zone minutes.
      int getTimeZoneSign()
      Gets the time zone sign.
      int getYear()
      Gets the year.
      boolean hasDate()
      True if this date/time specification specifies a full date (year, month, day)
      boolean hasDay()
      True if this date/time specification specifies a day-of-month.
      boolean hasMonth()
      True if this date/time specification specifies a month-of-year.
      boolean hasTime()
      True if this date/time specification specifies a time-of-day.
      boolean hasTimeZone()
      True if this date/time specification specifies a timezone.
      boolean hasYear()
      True if this date/time specification specifies a year.
      boolean isImmutable()
      True if this GDate specification is immutable.
      boolean isValid()
      True if this GDate corresponds to a valid gregorian date value in XML schema.
      java.lang.String toString()
      The natural string representation.
    • Method Detail

      • isImmutable

        boolean isImmutable()
        True if this GDate specification is immutable. GDate returns true, and GDateBuilder returns false.
      • isValid

        boolean isValid()
        True if this GDate corresponds to a valid gregorian date value in XML schema.
      • hasTimeZone

        boolean hasTimeZone()
        True if this date/time specification specifies a timezone.
      • hasYear

        boolean hasYear()
        True if this date/time specification specifies a year.
      • hasMonth

        boolean hasMonth()
        True if this date/time specification specifies a month-of-year.
      • hasDay

        boolean hasDay()
        True if this date/time specification specifies a day-of-month.
      • hasTime

        boolean hasTime()
        True if this date/time specification specifies a time-of-day.
      • hasDate

        boolean hasDate()
        True if this date/time specification specifies a full date (year, month, day)
      • getYear

        int getYear()
        Gets the year. Should be a four-digit year specification.
      • getMonth

        int getMonth()
        Gets the month-of-year. January is 1.
      • getDay

        int getDay()
        Gets the day-of-month. The first day of each month is 1.
      • getHour

        int getHour()
        Gets the hour-of-day. Midnight is 0, and 11PM is 23.
      • getMinute

        int getMinute()
        Gets the minute-of-hour. Range from 0 to 59.
      • getSecond

        int getSecond()
        Gets the second-of-minute. Range from 0 to 59.
      • getTimeZoneSign

        int getTimeZoneSign()
        Gets the time zone sign. For time zones east of GMT, this is positive; for time zones west, this is negative.
      • getTimeZoneHour

        int getTimeZoneHour()
        Gets the time zone hour. This is always positive: for the sign, look at getTimeZoneSign().
      • getTimeZoneMinute

        int getTimeZoneMinute()
        Gets the time zone minutes. This is always positive: for the sign, look at getTimeZoneSign().
      • getFraction

        java.math.BigDecimal getFraction()
        Gets the fraction-of-second. Range from 0 (inclusive) to 1 (exclusive).
      • getMillisecond

        int getMillisecond()
        Gets the rounded millisecond value. Range from 0 to 999
      • getJulianDate

        int getJulianDate()
        Returns the Julian date corresponding to this Gregorian date. The Julian date (JD) is a continuous count of days from 1 January 4713 BC.
      • getCalendar

        XmlCalendar getCalendar()
        Retrieves the value of the current time as an XmlCalendar.

        XmlCalendar is a subclass of GregorianCalendar which is slightly customized to match XML schema date rules.

        The returned XmlCalendar has only those time and date fields set that are reflected in the GDate object. Because of the way the Calendar contract works, any information in the isSet() vanishes as soon as you view any unset field using get() methods. This means that if it is important to understand which date fields are set, you must call isSet() first before get().

      • getDate

        java.util.Date getDate()
        Retrieves the value of the current time as a java.util.Date instance.
      • compareToGDate

        int compareToGDate​(GDateSpecification gdatespec)
        Comparison to another GDate.
        • Returns -1 if this < date. (less-than)
        • Returns 0 if this == date. (equal)
        • Returns 1 if this > date. (greater-than)
        • Returns 2 if this <> date. (incomparable)
        Two instances are incomparable if they have different amounts of information.
        Parameters:
        gdatespec - the date to compare against.
      • canonicalString

        java.lang.String canonicalString()
        The canonical string representation. Specific moments or times-of-day in a specified timezone are normalized to UTC time to produce a canonical string form for them. Other recurring time specifications keep their timezone information.
      • toString

        java.lang.String toString()
        The natural string representation. This represents the information that is available, including timezone. For types that correspond to defined schema types (schemaBuiltinTypeCode() > 0), this provides the natural lexical representation. When both time and timezone are specified, this string is not the canonical representation unless the timezone is UTC (Z) (since the same moment in time can be expressed in different timezones). To get a canonical string, use the canonicalString() method.
        Overrides:
        toString in class java.lang.Object