GDate (XMLBeans 4.0.0 Documentation)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.xmlbeans.GDate

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, GDateSpecification
```
public final class GDate
extends Object
implements GDateSpecification, Serializable
```
Represents an XML Schema-compatible Gregorian date.
There are many date types in XML Schema, and this type represents the natural union of all those types. A GDate can hold any subset of date fields (Year, Month, Day, Time, Timezone, or some combination). Wherever the specification provides guidance, the guidelines in the XML Schema 1.0 specification (plus published errata) are followed.
Instances may separately have values or no values for the year, month, day-of-month, and time-of-day. Not all operations are meaningful on all combinations.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface org.apache.xmlbeans.GDateSpecification
  HAS_DAY, HAS_MONTH, HAS_TIME, HAS_TIMEZONE, HAS_YEAR

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`GDate(Calendar calendar)` Constructs a GDate based on a java.util.Calendar.
`GDate(CharSequence string)` Constructs a GDate based on a lexical representation.
`GDate(Date date)` Constructs a GDate based on a java.util.Date.
`GDate(GDateSpecification gdate)` Constructs a GDate based on another GDateSpecification.
`GDate(int year, int month, int day, int hour, int minute, int second, BigDecimal fraction)` Constructs a GDate with the specified year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, and optional fractional seconds, in an unspecified timezone.
`GDate(int year, int month, int day, int hour, int minute, int second, BigDecimal fraction, int tzSign, int tzHour, int tzMinute)` Constructs an absolute GDate with the specified year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, and optional fractional seconds, and in the timezone specified.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`GDate`	`add(GDurationSpecification duration)` Adds a duration to this GDate, and returns a new GDate.
`String`	`canonicalString()` The canonical string representation.
`int`	`compareToGDate(GDateSpecification datespec)` Comparison to another GDate.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` GDate is an immutable class, and equality is computed based on its canonical value.
`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`.
`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.
`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.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code for this GDate.
`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()` Returns true: all GDate instances are immutable.
`boolean`	`isValid()` True if this GDate corresponds to a valid gregorian date value in XML schema.
`GDate`	`subtract(GDurationSpecification duration)` Adds a duration to this GDate, and returns a new GDate.
`String`	`toString()` The natural string representation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - GDate
```
public GDate(CharSequence string)
```
    Constructs a GDate based on a lexical representation.
  - GDate
```
public GDate(int year,
             int month,
             int day,
             int hour,
             int minute,
             int second,
             BigDecimal fraction)
```
    Constructs a GDate with the specified year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, and optional fractional seconds, in an unspecified timezone.
    Note that by not specifying the timezone the GDate becomes partially unordered with respect to times that do have a specified timezone.
  - GDate
```
public GDate(int year,
             int month,
             int day,
             int hour,
             int minute,
             int second,
             BigDecimal fraction,
             int tzSign,
             int tzHour,
             int tzMinute)
```
    Constructs an absolute GDate with the specified year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, and optional fractional seconds, and in the timezone specified.
    If you wish to have a time or date that isn't in a specified timezone, then use the constructor that does not include the timezone arguments.
  - GDate
```
public GDate(Date date)
```
    Constructs a GDate based on a java.util.Date.
    The current offset of the default timezone is used as the timezone.
    For example, if eastern daylight time is in effect at the given date, the timezone on the east coast of the united states translates to GMT-05:00 (EST) + 1:00 (DT offset) == GMT-04:00.
  - GDate
```
public GDate(Calendar calendar)
```
    Constructs a GDate based on a java.util.Calendar.
    If the calendar does not have some fields set, the same absence of information is reflected in the GDate. Note that java.util.GregorianCalendar fills in all fields as soon as any are fetched, so constructing a GDate with the same calendar object twice may result in a different GDate because of a changed calendar. Note that org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlCalendar is stable if you re-get a set field, so it does not have the same problem.
  - GDate
```
public GDate(GDateSpecification gdate)
```
    Constructs a GDate based on another GDateSpecification.
- Method Detail
  - isImmutable
```
public final boolean isImmutable()
```
    Returns true: all GDate instances are immutable.
    
    Specified by:
    
    isImmutable in interface GDateSpecification
  - getFlags
```
public 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.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getFlags in interface GDateSpecification
  - hasTimeZone
```
public final boolean hasTimeZone()
```
    True if this date/time specification specifies a timezone.
    
    Specified by:
    
    hasTimeZone in interface GDateSpecification
  - hasYear
```
public final boolean hasYear()
```
    True if this date/time specification specifies a year.
    
    Specified by:
    
    hasYear in interface GDateSpecification
  - hasMonth
```
public final boolean hasMonth()
```
    True if this date/time specification specifies a month-of-year.
    
    Specified by:
    
    hasMonth in interface GDateSpecification
  - hasDay
```
public final boolean hasDay()
```
    True if this date/time specification specifies a day-of-month.
    
    Specified by:
    
    hasDay in interface GDateSpecification
  - hasTime
```
public final boolean hasTime()
```
    True if this date/time specification specifies a time-of-day.
    
    Specified by:
    
    hasTime in interface GDateSpecification
  - hasDate
```
public final boolean hasDate()
```
    True if this date/time specification specifies a full date (year, month, day)
    
    Specified by:
    
    hasDate in interface GDateSpecification
  - getYear
```
public final int getYear()
```
    Gets the year. Should be a four-digit year specification.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getYear in interface GDateSpecification
  - getMonth
```
public final int getMonth()
```
    Gets the month-of-year. January is 1.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getMonth in interface GDateSpecification
  - getDay
```
public final int getDay()
```
    Gets the day-of-month. The first day of each month is 1.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getDay in interface GDateSpecification
  - getHour
```
public final int getHour()
```
    Gets the hour-of-day. Midnight is 0, and 11PM is 23.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getHour in interface GDateSpecification
  - getMinute
```
public final int getMinute()
```
    Gets the minute-of-hour. Range from 0 to 59.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getMinute in interface GDateSpecification
  - getSecond
```
public final int getSecond()
```
    Gets the second-of-minute. Range from 0 to 59.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getSecond in interface GDateSpecification
  - getFraction
```
public final BigDecimal getFraction()
```
    Gets the fraction-of-second. Range from 0 (inclusive) to 1 (exclusive).
    
    Specified by:
    
    getFraction in interface GDateSpecification
  - getTimeZoneSign
```
public final int getTimeZoneSign()
```
    Gets the time zone sign. For time zones east of GMT, this is positive; for time zones west, this is negative.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getTimeZoneSign in interface GDateSpecification
  - getTimeZoneHour
```
public final int getTimeZoneHour()
```
    Gets the time zone hour.
    This is always positive: for the sign, look at getTimeZoneSign().
    
    Specified by:
    
    getTimeZoneHour in interface GDateSpecification
  - getTimeZoneMinute
```
public final int getTimeZoneMinute()
```
    Gets the time zone minutes.
    This is always positive: for the sign, look at getTimeZoneSign().
    
    Specified by:
    
    getTimeZoneMinute in interface GDateSpecification
  - getMillisecond
```
public int getMillisecond()
```
    Gets the rounded millisecond value. Range from 0 to 999
    
    Specified by:
    
    getMillisecond in interface GDateSpecification
  - canonicalString
```
public 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.
    
    Specified by:
    
    canonicalString in interface GDateSpecification
  - isValid
```
public boolean isValid()
```
    True if this GDate corresponds to a valid gregorian date value in XML schema.
    
    Specified by:
    
    isValid in interface GDateSpecification
  - getJulianDate
```
public 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.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getJulianDate in interface GDateSpecification
  - getCalendar
```
public 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().
    
    Specified by:
    
    getCalendar in interface GDateSpecification
  - getDate
```
public Date getDate()
```
    Retrieves the value of the current time as a java.util.Date instance.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getDate in interface GDateSpecification
  - compareToGDate
```
public int compareToGDate(GDateSpecification datespec)
```
    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.
    Specified by:
    
    compareToGDate in interface GDateSpecification
    
    Parameters:
    
    datespec - the date to compare against.
  - getBuiltinTypeCode
```
public 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.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getBuiltinTypeCode in interface GDateSpecification
  - add
```
public GDate add(GDurationSpecification duration)
```
    Adds a duration to this GDate, and returns a new GDate.
  - subtract
```
public GDate subtract(GDurationSpecification duration)
```
    Adds a duration to this GDate, and returns a new GDate.
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(Object obj)
```
    GDate is an immutable class, and equality is computed based on its canonical value.
    
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class Object
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Returns a hash code for this GDate.
    
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class Object
  - toString
```
public 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.
    
    Specified by:
    
    toString in interface GDateSpecification
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object

Class GDate

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.xmlbeans.GDateSpecification

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

GDate

GDate

GDate

GDate

GDate

GDate

Method Detail

isImmutable

getFlags

hasTimeZone

hasYear

hasMonth

hasDay

hasTime

hasDate

getYear

getMonth

getDay

getHour

getMinute

getSecond

getFraction

getTimeZoneSign

getTimeZoneHour

getTimeZoneMinute

getMillisecond

canonicalString

isValid

getJulianDate

getCalendar

getDate

compareToGDate

getBuiltinTypeCode

add

subtract

equals

hashCode

toString