org.joda.time
Interface ReadableInterval

All Known Subinterfaces:

ReadWritableInterval

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractInterval, BaseInterval, Interval, MutableInterval

public interface ReadableInterval

Readable interface for an interval of time between two instants.

A time interval represents a period of time between two instants. Intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end. The end instant is always greater than or equal to the start instant.

Intervals have a fixed millisecond duration. This is the difference between the start and end instants. The duration is represented separately by ReadableDuration. As a result, intervals are not comparable. To compare the length of two intervals, you should compare their durations.

An interval can also be converted to a ReadablePeriod. This represents the difference between the start and end points in terms of fields such as years and days.

Methods that are passed an interval as a parameter will treat null as a zero length interval at the current instant in time.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Sean Geoghegan, Brian S O'Neill, Stephen Colebourne

Method Summary

boolean	contains(ReadableInstant instant) Does this time interval contain the specified instant.
boolean	contains(ReadableInterval interval) Does this time interval contain the specified time interval.
boolean	equals(Object readableInterval) Compares this object with the specified object for equality based on start and end millis plus the chronology.
Chronology	getChronology() Gets the chronology of the interval, which is the chronology of the first datetime.
DateTime	getEnd() Gets the end of this time interval, which is exclusive, as a DateTime.
long	getEndMillis() Gets the end of this time interval which is exclusive.
DateTime	getStart() Gets the start of this time interval, which is inclusive, as a DateTime.
long	getStartMillis() Gets the start of this time interval which is inclusive.
int	hashCode() Gets a hash code for the time interval that is compatable with the equals method.
boolean	isAfter(ReadableInstant instant) Is this time interval after the specified instant.
boolean	isAfter(ReadableInterval interval) Is this time interval entirely after the specified interval.
boolean	isBefore(ReadableInstant instant) Is this time interval before the specified instant.
boolean	isBefore(ReadableInterval interval) Is this time interval entirely before the specified interval.
boolean	overlaps(ReadableInterval interval) Does this time interval overlap the specified time interval.
Duration	toDuration() Gets the millisecond duration of this time interval.
long	toDurationMillis() Gets the millisecond duration of this time interval.
Interval	toInterval() Get this interval as an immutable Interval object.
MutableInterval	toMutableInterval() Get this time interval as a MutableInterval.
Period	toPeriod() Converts the duration of the interval to a period using the standard period type.
Period	toPeriod(PeriodType type) Converts the duration of the interval to a period using the specified period type.
String	toString() Get the value as a String in the ISO8601 interval format.

Method Detail

getChronology

Chronology getChronology()

Gets the chronology of the interval, which is the chronology of the first datetime.

Returns:

the chronology of the interval

getStartMillis

long getStartMillis()

Gets the start of this time interval which is inclusive.

Returns:

the start of the time interval, millisecond instant from 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

getStart

DateTime getStart()

Gets the start of this time interval, which is inclusive, as a DateTime.

Returns:

the start of the time interval

getEndMillis

long getEndMillis()

Gets the end of this time interval which is exclusive.

Returns:

the end of the time interval, millisecond instant from 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

getEnd

DateTime getEnd()

Gets the end of this time interval, which is exclusive, as a DateTime.

Returns:

the end of the time interval

contains

boolean contains(ReadableInstant instant)

Does this time interval contain the specified instant.

Non-zero duration intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end. A zero duration interval cannot contain anything.

For example:

 [09:00 to 10:00) contains 08:59  = false (before start)
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains 09:00  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains 09:59  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains 10:00  = false (equals end)
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains 10:01  = false (after end)
 
 [14:00 to 14:00) contains 14:00  = false (zero duration contains nothing)
 

Parameters:

instant - the instant, null means now

Returns:

true if this time interval contains the instant

contains

boolean contains(ReadableInterval interval)

Does this time interval contain the specified time interval.

Non-zero duration intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end. The other interval is contained if this interval wholly contains, starts, finishes or equals it. A zero duration interval cannot contain anything.

When two intervals are compared the result is one of three states: (a) they abut, (b) there is a gap between them, (c) they overlap. The contains method is not related to these states. In particular, a zero duration interval is contained at the start of a larger interval, but does not overlap (it abuts instead).

For example:

 [09:00 to 10:00) contains [09:00 to 10:00)  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains [09:00 to 09:30)  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains [09:30 to 10:00)  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains [09:15 to 09:45)  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains [09:00 to 09:00)  = true
 
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains [08:59 to 10:00)  = false (otherStart before thisStart)
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains [09:00 to 10:01)  = false (otherEnd after thisEnd)
 [09:00 to 10:00) contains [10:00 to 10:00)  = false (otherStart equals thisEnd)
 
 [14:00 to 14:00) contains [14:00 to 14:00)  = false (zero duration contains nothing)
 

Parameters:

interval - the time interval to compare to, null means a zero duration interval now

Returns:

true if this time interval contains the time interval

overlaps

boolean overlaps(ReadableInterval interval)

Does this time interval overlap the specified time interval.

Intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end. An interval overlaps another if it shares some common part of the datetime continuum.

When two intervals are compared the result is one of three states: (a) they abut, (b) there is a gap between them, (c) they overlap. The abuts state takes precedence over the other two, thus a zero duration interval at the start of a larger interval abuts and does not overlap.

For example:

 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [08:00 to 08:30)  = false (completely before)
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [08:00 to 09:00)  = false (abuts before)
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [08:00 to 09:30)  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [08:00 to 10:00)  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [08:00 to 11:00)  = true
 
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [09:00 to 09:00)  = false (abuts before)
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [09:00 to 09:30)  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [09:00 to 10:00)  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [09:00 to 11:00)  = true
 
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [09:30 to 09:30)  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [09:30 to 10:00)  = true
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [09:30 to 11:00)  = true
 
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [10:00 to 10:00)  = false (abuts after)
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [10:00 to 11:00)  = false (abuts after)
 
 [09:00 to 10:00) overlaps [10:30 to 11:00)  = false (completely after)
 
 [14:00 to 14:00) overlaps [14:00 to 14:00)  = false (abuts before and after)
 [14:00 to 14:00) overlaps [13:00 to 15:00)  = true
 

Parameters:

interval - the time interval to compare to, null means a zero length interval now

Returns:

true if the time intervals overlap

isAfter

boolean isAfter(ReadableInstant instant)

Is this time interval after the specified instant.

Intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end.

Parameters:

instant - the instant to compare to, null means now

Returns:

true if this time interval is after the instant

isAfter

boolean isAfter(ReadableInterval interval)

Is this time interval entirely after the specified interval.

Intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end.

Parameters:

interval - the interval to compare to, null means now

Returns:

true if this time interval is after the interval specified

isBefore

boolean isBefore(ReadableInstant instant)

Is this time interval before the specified instant.

Intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end.

Parameters:

instant - the instant to compare to, null means now

Returns:

true if this time interval is before the instant

isBefore

boolean isBefore(ReadableInterval interval)

Is this time interval entirely before the specified interval.

Intervals are inclusive of the start instant and exclusive of the end.

Parameters:

interval - the interval to compare to, null means now

Returns:

true if this time interval is before the interval specified

toInterval

Interval toInterval()

Get this interval as an immutable Interval object.

This will either typecast this instance, or create a new Interval.

Returns:

the interval as an Interval object

toMutableInterval

MutableInterval toMutableInterval()

Get this time interval as a MutableInterval.

This will always return a new MutableInterval with the same interval.

Returns:

the time interval as a MutableInterval object

toDuration

Duration toDuration()

Gets the millisecond duration of this time interval.

Returns:

the millisecond duration of the time interval

Throws:

ArithmeticException - if the duration exceeds the capacity of a long

toDurationMillis

long toDurationMillis()

Gets the millisecond duration of this time interval.

Returns:

the millisecond duration of the time interval

Throws:

ArithmeticException - if the duration exceeds the capacity of a long

toPeriod

Period toPeriod()

Converts the duration of the interval to a period using the standard period type.

This method should be used to exract the field values describing the difference between the start and end instants.

Returns:

a time period derived from the interval

toPeriod

Period toPeriod(PeriodType type)

Converts the duration of the interval to a period using the specified period type.

This method should be used to exract the field values describing the difference between the start and end instants.

Parameters:

type - the requested type of the duration, null means standard

Returns:

a time period derived from the interval

equals

boolean equals(Object readableInterval)

Compares this object with the specified object for equality based on start and end millis plus the chronology. All ReadableInterval instances are accepted.

To compare the duration of two time intervals, use toDuration() to get the durations and compare those.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

readableInterval - a readable interval to check against

Returns:

true if the start and end millis are equal

hashCode

int hashCode()

Gets a hash code for the time interval that is compatable with the equals method.

The formula used must be as follows:

int result = 97;
 result = 31 * result + ((int) (getStartMillis() ^ (getStartMillis() >>> 32)));
 result = 31 * result + ((int) (getEndMillis() ^ (getEndMillis() >>> 32)));
 result = 31 * result + getChronology().hashCode();
 return result;

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

a hash code

toString

String toString()

Get the value as a String in the ISO8601 interval format.

For example, "2004-06-09T12:30:00.000/2004-07-10T13:30:00.000".

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the value as an ISO8601 string