org.joda.time
Class DurationFieldType

java.lang.Object
  org.joda.time.DurationFieldType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public abstract class DurationFieldType

extends Object

implements Serializable

Identifies a duration field, such as years or minutes, in a chronology-neutral way.

A duration field type defines the type of the field, such as hours. If does not directly enable any calculations, however it does provide a getField(Chronology) method that returns the actual calculation engine for a particular chronology.

Instances of DurationFieldType are singletons. They can be compared using ==.

If required, you can create your own field, for example a quarters. You must create a subclass of DurationFieldType that defines the field type. This class returns the actual calculation engine from getField(Chronology).

Since:

1.0

Author:

Stephen Colebourne, Brian S O'Neill

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

static DurationFieldType	centuries() Get the centuries field type.
static DurationFieldType	days() Get the days field type.
static DurationFieldType	eras() Get the eras field type.
abstract DurationField	getField(Chronology chronology) Gets a suitable field for this type from the given Chronology.
String	getName() Get the name of the field.
static DurationFieldType	halfdays() Get the halfdays field type.
static DurationFieldType	hours() Get the hours field type.
boolean	isSupported(Chronology chronology) Checks whether this field supported in the given Chronology.
static DurationFieldType	millis() Get the millis field type.
static DurationFieldType	minutes() Get the minutes field type.
static DurationFieldType	months() Get the months field type.
static DurationFieldType	seconds() Get the seconds field type.
String	toString() Get a suitable debug string.
static DurationFieldType	weeks() Get the weeks field type.
static DurationFieldType	weekyears() Get the weekyears field type.
static DurationFieldType	years() Get the years field type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

millis

public static DurationFieldType millis()

Get the millis field type.

Returns:

the DateTimeFieldType constant

seconds

public static DurationFieldType seconds()

Get the seconds field type.

Returns:

the DateTimeFieldType constant

minutes

public static DurationFieldType minutes()

Get the minutes field type.

Returns:

the DateTimeFieldType constant

hours

public static DurationFieldType hours()

Get the hours field type.

Returns:

the DateTimeFieldType constant

halfdays

public static DurationFieldType halfdays()

Get the halfdays field type.

Returns:

the DateTimeFieldType constant

days

public static DurationFieldType days()

Get the days field type.

Returns:

the DateTimeFieldType constant

weeks

public static DurationFieldType weeks()

Get the weeks field type.

Returns:

the DateTimeFieldType constant

weekyears

public static DurationFieldType weekyears()

Get the weekyears field type.

Returns:

the DateTimeFieldType constant

months

public static DurationFieldType months()

Get the months field type.

Returns:

the DateTimeFieldType constant

years

public static DurationFieldType years()

Get the years field type.

Returns:

the DateTimeFieldType constant

centuries

public static DurationFieldType centuries()

Get the centuries field type.

Returns:

the DateTimeFieldType constant

eras

public static DurationFieldType eras()

Get the eras field type.

Returns:

the DateTimeFieldType constant

getName

public String getName()

Get the name of the field. By convention, names are plural.

Returns:

field name

getField

public abstract DurationField getField(Chronology chronology)

Gets a suitable field for this type from the given Chronology.

Parameters:

chronology - the chronology to use, null means ISOChronology in default zone

Returns:

a suitable field

isSupported

public boolean isSupported(Chronology chronology)

Checks whether this field supported in the given Chronology.

Parameters:

chronology - the chronology to use, null means ISOChronology in default zone

Returns:

true if supported

toString

public String toString()

Get a suitable debug string.

Returns:

debug string