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package org.apache.xmlbeans;

import org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.schema.XmlObjectFactory;

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;


/**
 * Corresponds to the XML Schema
 * <a target="_blank" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#dateTime">xs:dateTime</a> type.
 * <p>
 * Convertible to {@link Calendar}, {@link Date}, and {@link GDate}.
 *
 * <p>
 * The XmlDateTime class only encapsulates a schema DateTime value, if you need to perform operations
 * on dates, see the GDate class
 *
 * @see XmlCalendar
 * @see GDate
 * @see GDuration
 */
public interface XmlDateTime extends XmlAnySimpleType {
    XmlObjectFactory<XmlDateTime> Factory = new XmlObjectFactory<>("_BI_dateTime");

    /**
     * The constant {@link SchemaType} object representing this schema type.
     */
    SchemaType type = Factory.getType();

    /**
     * Returns this value as a {@link Calendar}
     */
    Calendar getCalendarValue();

    /**
     * Sets this value as a {@link Calendar}
     */
    void setCalendarValue(Calendar c);

    /**
     * Returns this value as a {@link GDate}
     */
    GDate getGDateValue();

    /**
     * Sets this value as a {@link GDateSpecification}
     */
    void setGDateValue(GDate gd);

    /**
     * Returns this value as a {@link Date}
     */
    Date getDateValue();

    /**
     * Sets this value as a {@link Date}
     */
    void setDateValue(Date d);
}