1 /*
2 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
3 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
4 *
5 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
6 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
7 * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this
8 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
9 * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
10 *
11 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
12 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
13 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
14 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
15 * accompanied this code).
16 *
17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
18 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
19 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
20 *
21 * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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37 * Under the hood, a date-time attribute is stored as a value of class <code>
38 * java.util.Date</code>. You can get a date-time attribute's Date value by
39 * calling {@link #getValue() getValue()}. A date-time attribute's
40 * Date value is established when it is constructed (see {@link
41 * #DateTimeSyntax(Date) DateTimeSyntax(Date)}). Once
42 * constructed, a date-time attribute's value is immutable.
43 * <P>
44 * To construct a date-time attribute from separate values of the year, month,
45 * day, hour, minute, and so on, use a <code>java.util.Calendar</code>
46 * object to construct a <code>java.util.Date</code> object, then use the
47 * <code>java.util.Date</code> object to construct the date-time attribute.
48 * To convert
49 * a date-time attribute to separate values of the year, month, day, hour,
50 * minute, and so on, create a <code>java.util.Calendar</code> object and
51 * set it to the <code>java.util.Date</code> from the date-time attribute. Class
52 * DateTimeSyntax stores its value in the form of a <code>java.util.Date
53 * </code>
54 * rather than a <code>java.util.Calendar</code> because it typically takes
55 * less memory to store and less time to compare a <code>java.util.Date</code>
56 * than a <code>java.util.Calendar</code>.
57 * <P>
58 *
59 * @author Alan Kaminsky
60 */
61 public abstract class DateTimeSyntax implements Serializable, Cloneable {
62
63 private static final long serialVersionUID = -1400819079791208582L;
64
65 // Hidden data members.
66
67 /**
68 * This date-time attribute's<code>java.util.Date</code> value.
69 * @serial
70 */
71 private Date value;
72
73 // Hidden constructors.
74
75 /**
76 * Construct a new date-time attribute with the given
77 * <code>java.util.Date </code> value.
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1 /*
2 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
3 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
4 *
5 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
6 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
7 * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this
8 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
9 * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
10 *
11 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
12 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
13 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
14 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
15 * accompanied this code).
16 *
17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
18 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
19 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
20 *
21 * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
22 * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
37 * Under the hood, a date-time attribute is stored as a value of class <code>
38 * java.util.Date</code>. You can get a date-time attribute's Date value by
39 * calling {@link #getValue() getValue()}. A date-time attribute's
40 * Date value is established when it is constructed (see {@link
41 * #DateTimeSyntax(Date) DateTimeSyntax(Date)}). Once
42 * constructed, a date-time attribute's value is immutable.
43 * <P>
44 * To construct a date-time attribute from separate values of the year, month,
45 * day, hour, minute, and so on, use a <code>java.util.Calendar</code>
46 * object to construct a <code>java.util.Date</code> object, then use the
47 * <code>java.util.Date</code> object to construct the date-time attribute.
48 * To convert
49 * a date-time attribute to separate values of the year, month, day, hour,
50 * minute, and so on, create a <code>java.util.Calendar</code> object and
51 * set it to the <code>java.util.Date</code> from the date-time attribute. Class
52 * DateTimeSyntax stores its value in the form of a <code>java.util.Date
53 * </code>
54 * rather than a <code>java.util.Calendar</code> because it typically takes
55 * less memory to store and less time to compare a <code>java.util.Date</code>
56 * than a <code>java.util.Calendar</code>.
57 *
58 * @author Alan Kaminsky
59 */
60 public abstract class DateTimeSyntax implements Serializable, Cloneable {
61
62 private static final long serialVersionUID = -1400819079791208582L;
63
64 // Hidden data members.
65
66 /**
67 * This date-time attribute's<code>java.util.Date</code> value.
68 * @serial
69 */
70 private Date value;
71
72 // Hidden constructors.
73
74 /**
75 * Construct a new date-time attribute with the given
76 * <code>java.util.Date </code> value.
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