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Interface GDurationSpecification</H2>
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<DT><B>All Known Implementing Classes:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../org/apache/xmlbeans/GDuration.html">GDuration</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/xmlbeans/GDurationBuilder.html">GDurationBuilder</A></DD>
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<DT>public interface <B>GDurationSpecification</B></DL>
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Represents an XML Schema-compatible duration.
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Both the immutable GDuration and the mutable GDurationBuilder are
GDurationSpecifications. Use this interface where you want to
allow callers to pass any implementation of a GDuration.
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<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../org/apache/xmlbeans/GDuration.html"><CODE>GDuration</CODE></A></DL>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/xmlbeans/GDurationSpecification.html#compareToGDuration(org.apache.xmlbeans.GDurationSpecification)">compareToGDuration</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../org/apache/xmlbeans/GDurationSpecification.html">GDurationSpecification</A>&nbsp;duration)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Comparison to another GDuration.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/xmlbeans/GDurationSpecification.html#getDay()">getDay</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gets the day-of-month component.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/math/BigDecimal.html">BigDecimal</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/xmlbeans/GDurationSpecification.html#getFraction()">getFraction</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gets the fraction-of-second.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/xmlbeans/GDurationSpecification.html#getHour()">getHour</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gets the hour-of-day component.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/xmlbeans/GDurationSpecification.html#getMinute()">getMinute</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gets the minute-of-hour component.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/xmlbeans/GDurationSpecification.html#getMonth()">getMonth</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gets the month-of-year component.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/xmlbeans/GDurationSpecification.html#getSecond()">getSecond</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gets the second-of-minute component.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/xmlbeans/GDurationSpecification.html#getSign()">getSign</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the sign of the duration: +1 is forwards
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/xmlbeans/GDurationSpecification.html#getYear()">getYear</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gets the year component.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/xmlbeans/GDurationSpecification.html#isImmutable()">isImmutable</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;True if this instance is immutable.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/xmlbeans/GDurationSpecification.html#isValid()">isValid</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns true if all of the individual components
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isImmutable</H3>
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public boolean <B>isImmutable</B>()</PRE>
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getSign</H3>
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public int <B>getSign</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Returns the sign of the duration: +1 is forwards
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getYear</H3>
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public int <B>getYear</B>()</PRE>
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getMonth</H3>
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public int <B>getMonth</B>()</PRE>
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getDay</H3>
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public int <B>getDay</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Gets the day-of-month component.
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getHour</H3>
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public int <B>getHour</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Gets the hour-of-day component.
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getMinute</H3>
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public int <B>getMinute</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Gets the minute-of-hour component.
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getSecond</H3>
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public int <B>getSecond</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Gets the second-of-minute component.
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getFraction</H3>
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public <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/math/BigDecimal.html">BigDecimal</A> <B>getFraction</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Gets the fraction-of-second. Range from 0 (inclusive) to 1 (exclusive).
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isValid</H3>
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public boolean <B>isValid</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Returns true if all of the individual components
of the duration are nonnegative.
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compareToGDuration</H3>
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public int <B>compareToGDuration</B>(<A HREF="../../../org/apache/xmlbeans/GDurationSpecification.html">GDurationSpecification</A>&nbsp;duration)</PRE>
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<DD>Comparison to another GDuration.
<ul>
<li>Returns -1 if this < date. (less-than)
<li>Returns 0 if this == date. (equal)
<li>Returns 1 if this > date. (greater-than)
<li>Returns 2 if this <> date. (incomparable)
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Two instances are incomparable if they have different amounts
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