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package org.apache.xmlbeans;
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.util.Date;
/**
* Represents an XML Schema-compatible Gregorian date.
* <p>
* Both the immutable GDate and the mutable GDateBuilder are
* GDateSpecifications. Use this interface where you want to
* allow callers to pass any implementation of a GDate.
*
* @see GDate
* @see XmlCalendar
*/
public interface GDateSpecification
{
/**
* Returns a combination of flags indicating the information
* contained by this GDate. The five flags are
* {@link #HAS_TIMEZONE}, {@link #HAS_YEAR}, {@link #HAS_MONTH},
* {@link #HAS_DAY}, and {@link #HAS_TIME}.
*/
int getFlags();
/** Timezone is specified. See {@link #getFlags}. */
public final int HAS_TIMEZONE = 1;
/** Year is specified. See {@link #getFlags}. */
public final int HAS_YEAR = 2;
/** Month of year is specified. See {@link #getFlags}. */
public final int HAS_MONTH = 4;
/** Day of month is specified. See {@link #getFlags}. */
public final int HAS_DAY = 8;
/** Time of day is specified. See {@link #getFlags}. */
public final int HAS_TIME = 16;
/**
* True if this GDate specification is immutable. GDate returns true,
* and GDateBuilder returns false.
*/
boolean isImmutable();
/**
* True if this GDate corresponds to a valid gregorian date value
* in XML schema.
*/
boolean isValid();
/**
* True if this date/time specification specifies a timezone.
*/
boolean hasTimeZone();
/**
* True if this date/time specification specifies a year.
*/
boolean hasYear();
/**
* True if this date/time specification specifies a month-of-year.
*/
boolean hasMonth();
/**
* True if this date/time specification specifies a day-of-month.
*/
boolean hasDay();
/**
* True if this date/time specification specifies a time-of-day.
*/
boolean hasTime();
/**
* True if this date/time specification specifies a full date (year, month, day)
*/
boolean hasDate();
/**
* Gets the year. Should be a four-digit year specification.
*/
int getYear();
/**
* Gets the month-of-year. January is 1.
*/
int getMonth();
/**
* Gets the day-of-month. The first day of each month is 1.
*/
int getDay();
/**
* Gets the hour-of-day. Midnight is 0, and 11PM is 23.
*/
int getHour();
/**
* Gets the minute-of-hour. Range from 0 to 59.
*/
int getMinute();
/**
* Gets the second-of-minute. Range from 0 to 59.
*/
int getSecond();
/**
* Gets the time zone sign. For time zones east of GMT,
* this is positive; for time zones west, this is negative.
*/
int getTimeZoneSign();
/**
* Gets the time zone hour.
* This is always positive: for the sign, look at
* getTimeZoneSign().
*/
int getTimeZoneHour();
/**
* Gets the time zone minutes.
* This is always positive: for the sign, look at
* getTimeZoneSign().
*/
int getTimeZoneMinute();
/**
* Gets the fraction-of-second. Range from 0 (inclusive) to 1 (exclusive).
*/
BigDecimal getFraction();
/**
* Gets the rounded millisecond value. Range from 0 to 999
*/
int getMillisecond();
/**
* Returns the Julian date corresponding to this Gregorian date.
* The Julian date (JD) is a continuous count of days from
* 1 January 4713 BC.
*/
int getJulianDate();
/**
* Retrieves the value of the current time as an {@link XmlCalendar}.
* <p>
* {@link XmlCalendar} is a subclass of {@link java.util.GregorianCalendar}
* which is slightly customized to match XML schema date rules.
* <p>
* The returned {@link XmlCalendar} has only those time and date fields
* set that are reflected in the GDate object. Because of the way the
* {@link java.util.Calendar} contract works, any information in the isSet() vanishes
* as soon as you view any unset field using get() methods.
* This means that if it is important to understand which date fields
* are set, you must call isSet() first before get().
*/
XmlCalendar getCalendar();
/**
* Retrieves the value of the current time as a java.util.Date
* instance.
*/
Date getDate();
/**
* Comparison to another GDate.
* <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)
* </ul>
* Two instances are incomparable if they have different amounts
* of information.
*
* @param gdatespec the date to compare against.
*/
int compareToGDate(GDateSpecification gdatespec);
/**
* Returns the builtin type code for the shape of the information
* contained in this instance, or 0 if the
* instance doesn't contain information corresponding to a
* Schema type.
* <p>
* Value will be equal to
* {@link SchemaType#BTC_NOT_BUILTIN},
* {@link SchemaType#BTC_G_YEAR},
* {@link SchemaType#BTC_G_YEAR_MONTH},
* {@link SchemaType#BTC_G_MONTH},
* {@link SchemaType#BTC_G_MONTH_DAY},
* {@link SchemaType#BTC_G_DAY},
* {@link SchemaType#BTC_DATE},
* {@link SchemaType#BTC_DATE_TIME}, or
* {@link SchemaType#BTC_TIME}.
*/
int getBuiltinTypeCode();
/**
* The canonical string representation. Specific moments or
* times-of-day in a specified timezone are normalized to
* UTC time to produce a canonical string form for them.
* Other recurring time specifications keep their timezone
* information.
*/
String canonicalString();
/**
* The natural string representation. This represents the information
* that is available, including timezone. For types that correspond
* to defined schema types (schemaBuiltinTypeCode() > 0),
* this provides the natural lexical representation.
*
* When both time and timezone are specified, this string is not
* the canonical representation unless the timezone is UTC (Z)
* (since the same moment in time can be expressed in different
* timezones). To get a canonical string, use the canonicalString()
* method.
*/
String toString();
}