org.exolab.castor.types
Class GYearMonth

java.lang.Object
  org.exolab.castor.types.DateTimeBase
      org.exolab.castor.types.Date
          org.exolab.castor.types.GYearMonth

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

GYear

public class GYearMonth

extends Date

Describe an XML schema gYearMonth type.

The format is defined by W3C XML Schema Recommendation and ISO8601 i.e (-)CCYY-MM(Z|(+|-)hh:mm)

Version:

$Revision: 1.1.1.1 $

Author:

Arnaud Blandin

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.exolab.castor.types.Date

DATE_FORMAT

Fields inherited from class org.exolab.castor.types.DateTimeBase

EQUALS, GREATER_THAN, INDETERMINATE, LESS_THAN

Constructor Summary

GYearMonth()
public only for the generated source code

GYearMonth(int year, int month)
Instantiates a new gYearMonth given the value of the month and the value of the day.

GYearMonth(short[] values)
Constructs a XML Schema GYearMonth instance given all the values of the different fields.

GYearMonth(short century, short year, short month)
Instantiates a new gYearMonth given the value of the month and the value of the day.

GYearMonth(java.lang.String gyearMonth)
Constructs a GYearMonth given a string representation

Method Summary

short	getDay()
short[]	getValues() Returns an array of short with all the fields that describe this gYearMonth type.
static java.lang.Object	parse(java.lang.String str) parse a String and convert it into an java.lang.Object
static GYearMonth	parseGYearMonth(java.lang.String str) parse a String and convert it into a gYearMonth.
void	setDay(short day) set the Day Field
void	setValues(short[] values) Sets all the fields by reading the values in an array
java.util.Date	toDate() converts this gYearMonth into a local java Date.
java.lang.String	toString() convert this gYearMonth to a string The format is defined by W3C XML Schema recommendation and ISO8601 i.e (+|-)CCYY-MM(Z|(+|-)hh:mm)

Methods inherited from class org.exolab.castor.types.Date

getHour, getMilli, getMinute, getSeconds, parseDate, setHour, setMilliSecond, setMinute, setSecond

Methods inherited from class org.exolab.castor.types.DateTimeBase

addDuration, compareTo, equals, getCentury, getMonth, getYear, getZoneHour, getZoneMinute, hashCode, isLeap, isNegative, isUTC, isZoneNegative, normalize, setCentury, setMonth, setNegative, setSecond, setUTC, setYear, setZone, setZoneHour, setZoneMinute, setZoneNegative, toCalendar

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GYearMonth

public GYearMonth()

public only for the generated source code

GYearMonth

public GYearMonth(short century,
                  short year,
                  short month)

Instantiates a new gYearMonth given the value of the month and the value of the day.

Parameters:

century - the month value

year - the year value

month - the month value

GYearMonth

public GYearMonth(int year,
                  int month)

Instantiates a new gYearMonth given the value of the month and the value of the day.

Parameters:

year - the year value

month - the month value

GYearMonth

public GYearMonth(short[] values)

Constructs a XML Schema GYearMonth instance given all the values of the different fields. By default a GYearMonth is not UTC and is local.

Parameters:

values - an array of shorts that represent the different fields of Time.

GYearMonth

public GYearMonth(java.lang.String gyearMonth)
           throws java.text.ParseException

Constructs a GYearMonth given a string representation

Parameters:

gyearMonth - the string representation of the GYearMonth to instantiate

Method Detail

setValues

public void setValues(short[] values)

Sets all the fields by reading the values in an array

if a Time Zone is specificied it has to be set by using setZone.

Overrides:

setValues in class Date

Parameters:

values - an array of shorts with the values the array is supposed to be of length 3 and ordered like the following:

• century
• year
• month

getValues

public short[] getValues()

Returns an array of short with all the fields that describe this gYearMonth type.

Note:the time zone is not included.

Overrides:

getValues in class Date

Returns:

an array of short with all the fields that describe this Date type.

toDate

public java.util.Date toDate()

converts this gYearMonth into a local java Date.

Overrides:

toDate in class Date

Returns:

a local date representing this Date.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

convert this gYearMonth to a string The format is defined by W3C XML Schema recommendation and ISO8601 i.e (+|-)CCYY-MM(Z|(+|-)hh:mm)

Overrides:

toString in class Date

Returns:

a string representing this Date

parse

public static java.lang.Object parse(java.lang.String str)
                              throws java.text.ParseException

parse a String and convert it into an java.lang.Object

Parameters:

str - the string to parse

Returns:

an Object represented by the string

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - a parse exception is thrown if the string to parse does not follow the rigth format (see the description of this class)

parseGYearMonth

public static GYearMonth parseGYearMonth(java.lang.String str)
                                  throws java.text.ParseException

parse a String and convert it into a gYearMonth.

Parameters:

str - the string to parse

Returns:

the Date represented by the string

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - a parse exception is thrown if the string to parse does not follow the rigth format (see the description of this class)

getDay

public short getDay()

Overrides:

getDay in class DateTimeBase

setDay

public void setDay(short day)

Description copied from class: DateTimeBase

set the Day Field

Overrides:

setDay in class DateTimeBase

Parameters:

day - the value to set up Note a validation is done on the day field