com.wles.util
Class Time

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Date
      com.wles.util.Time

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.lang.Comparable, java.io.Serializable

public class Time

extends java.util.Date

Used to represent ALES time values. This class extends java.util.Date but only the time portion is utilized. java.util.Date can be used directly to specify ALES date values, but the time portion will not be utilized.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Time()
Constructs a Time object with the current time.

Time(java.util.Date date)
Constructs a Time object with the specified time.

Time(long time)
Constructs a Time object with the specified time.

Method Summary

boolean	after(java.util.Date when) Compares a java Date object to this Time object.
boolean	before(java.util.Date when) Compares a java Date object to this Time object.
int	compareTo(java.util.Date when) Compares a java Date object to this Time object.
int	compareTo(Time when) Compares a java Date object to this Time object.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object othat)
void	setTime(long time) Sets the time.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns the time as a string in ALES time format.

Methods inherited from class java.util.Date

clone, compareTo, getDate, getDay, getHours, getMinutes, getMonth, getSeconds, getTime, getTimezoneOffset, getYear, hashCode, parse, setDate, setHours, setMinutes, setMonth, setSeconds, setYear, toGMTString, toLocaleString, UTC

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Time

public Time()

Constructs a Time object with the current time.

Time

public Time(java.util.Date date)

Constructs a Time object with the specified time.

Parameters:

date - the Java time value to copy the time from, date information will not be copied

Time

public Time(long time)

Constructs a Time object with the specified time.

Parameters:

time - seconds since epoch, January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT

Method Detail

after

public boolean after(java.util.Date when)

Compares a java Date object to this Time object. The date data is ignored, only the time portion is considered.

Parameters:

when - time to compare against.

Returns:

true this is after when

before

public boolean before(java.util.Date when)

Compares a java Date object to this Time object. The date data is ignored, only the time portion is considered.

Parameters:

when - time to compare against.

Returns:

true this is before when

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.util.Date when)

Compares a java Date object to this Time object. The date data is ignored, only the time portion is considered.

Parameters:

when - time to compare against.

Returns:

0 if equal, <1 if this is < when, >1 if this is > when

compareTo

public int compareTo(Time when)

Compares a java Date object to this Time object. The date data is ignored, only the time portion is considered.

Parameters:

when - time to compare against.

Returns:

0 if equal, <1 if this is < when, >1 if this is > when

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object othat)

setTime

public void setTime(long time)

Sets the time.

Parameters:

time - second since epoch, January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns the time as a string in ALES time format.