com.partnersoft.data

Class Time

java.lang.Object

com.partnersoft.data.Time

All Implemented Interfaces:

Immutable, java.lang.Comparable

public class Time
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable, Immutable

A representation of a time, independent of date, as hour, minute, and second.

This class is designed as a simpler alternative to Date, which has a number of problems, not the least of which is the fact that Date is really a representation of a date and time.

Copyright 1997-2006 Partner Software, Inc.

Author:

Paul Reavis

See Also:

DateAndTime, Date

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.text.DateFormat	format
static java.lang.String	formatPattern SimpleDateFormat pattern used by format
static java.lang.String	twentyFourHourFormatPattern SimpleDateFormat pattern using 1-24 as hours and including milliseconds

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Time() Creates a Time object representing the current time.
Time(java.util.Date date) Creates a time object from the given java.util.Date representation.
Time(long millis) Creates a Time object from the given millisecond value.
Time(java.lang.String timeString) Creates a time object from the given String representation.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compareTo(java.lang.Object nother)
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object nother)
long	getMillis() Returns milliseconds representing this time
java.sql.Date	toJavaSqlDate()
java.sql.Timestamp	toJavaSqlTimestamp()
java.util.Date	toJavaUtilDate() Returns this time represented as a Date object.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a String in the standard format representing the Date.
java.lang.String	toString(java.lang.String formatString) Returns a String in the specific format representing the Date.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

twentyFourHourFormatPattern

public static final java.lang.String twentyFourHourFormatPattern

SimpleDateFormat pattern using 1-24 as hours and including milliseconds

See Also:

Constant Field Values

formatPattern

public static final java.lang.String formatPattern

SimpleDateFormat pattern used by format

See Also:

Constant Field Values

format

public static final java.text.DateFormat format

Constructor Detail

Time

public Time()

Creates a Time object representing the current time.

Time

public Time(long millis)

Creates a Time object from the given millisecond value.

Time

public Time(java.lang.String timeString)

Creates a time object from the given String representation. Uses the format to parse it.

Parameters:

timeString -

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if it's a bad String.

Time

public Time(java.util.Date date)

Creates a time object from the given java.util.Date representation.

Parameters:

date -

Method Detail

toJavaUtilDate

public java.util.Date toJavaUtilDate()

Returns this time represented as a Date object.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object nother)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object nother)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

getMillis

public long getMillis()

Returns milliseconds representing this time

Returns:

milliseconds representing this time

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a String in the standard format representing the Date.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

toString

public java.lang.String toString(java.lang.String formatString)

Returns a String in the specific format representing the Date.

toJavaSqlTimestamp

public java.sql.Timestamp toJavaSqlTimestamp()

toJavaSqlDate

public java.sql.Date toJavaSqlDate()