org.apache.xmlbeans
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
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
 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.
 

Field Detail

HAS_TIMEZONE

static final int HAS_TIMEZONE
Timezone is specified. See getFlags().

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HAS_YEAR

static final int HAS_YEAR
Year is specified. See getFlags().

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HAS_MONTH

static final int HAS_MONTH
Month of year is specified. See getFlags().

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HAS_DAY

static final int HAS_DAY
Day of month is specified. See getFlags().

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HAS_TIME

static final int HAS_TIME
Time of day is specified. See getFlags().

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Method Detail

getFlags

int getFlags()
Returns a combination of flags indicating the information contained by this GDate. The five flags are HAS_TIMEZONE, HAS_YEAR, HAS_MONTH, HAS_DAY, and HAS_TIME.


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. Two instances are incomparable if they have different amounts of information.

Parameters:
gdatespec - the date to compare against.

getBuiltinTypeCode

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.

Value will be equal to SchemaType.BTC_NOT_BUILTIN, SchemaType.BTC_G_YEAR, SchemaType.BTC_G_YEAR_MONTH, SchemaType.BTC_G_MONTH, SchemaType.BTC_G_MONTH_DAY, SchemaType.BTC_G_DAY, SchemaType.BTC_DATE, SchemaType.BTC_DATE_TIME, or SchemaType.BTC_TIME.


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