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1   /*
2    *  Copyright 2001-2005 Stephen Colebourne
3    *
4    *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    *
8    *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    *
10   *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11   *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12   *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13   *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   *  limitations under the License.
15   */
16  package org.joda.time;
17  
18  /**
19   * Writable interface for an interval.
20   *
21   * @author Stephen Colebourne
22   * @author Brian S O'Neill
23   * @since 1.0
24   */
25  public interface ReadWritableInterval extends ReadableInterval {
26  
27      /**
28       * Sets this interval from two millisecond instants.
29       *
30       * @param startInstant  the start of the time interval
31       * @param endInstant  the start of the time interval
32       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the end is before the start
33       */
34      void setInterval(long startInstant, long endInstant);
35  
36      /**
37       * Sets this interval to be the same as another.
38       *
39       * @param interval  the interval to copy
40       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the end is before the start
41       */
42      void setInterval(ReadableInterval interval);
43  
44      /**
45       * Sets this interval from two instants.
46       *
47       * @param startInstant  the start of the time interval
48       * @param endInstant  the start of the time interval
49       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the end is before the start
50       */
51      void setInterval(ReadableInstant startInstant, ReadableInstant endInstant);
52  
53      //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
54      /**
55       * Sets the chronology of this time interval.
56       *
57       * @param chrono  the chronology to use, null means ISO default
58       */
59      void setChronology(Chronology chrono);
60  
61      //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
62      /**
63       * Sets the start of this time interval.
64       *
65       * @param millisInstant  the start of the time interval,
66       *  millisecond instant from 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
67       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the end is before the start
68       */
69      void setStartMillis(long millisInstant);
70  
71      /**
72       * Sets the start of this time interval as an Instant.
73       *
74       * @param instant  the start of the time interval
75       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the end is before the start
76       */
77      void setStart(ReadableInstant instant);
78  
79      //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
80      /** 
81       * Sets the end of this time interval.
82       *
83       * @param millisInstant  the end of the time interval,
84       *  millisecond instant from 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
85       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the end is before the start
86       */
87      void setEndMillis(long millisInstant);
88  
89      /** 
90       * Sets the end of this time interval as an Instant.
91       *
92       * @param instant  the end of the time interval
93       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the end is before the start
94       */
95      void setEnd(ReadableInstant instant);
96  
97      //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
98      /**
99       * Sets the duration of this time interval, preserving the start instant.
100      *
101      * @param duration  new duration for interval
102      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the end is before the start
103      * @throws ArithmeticException if the end instant exceeds the capacity of a long
104      */
105     void setDurationAfterStart(ReadableDuration duration);
106 
107     /**
108      * Sets the duration of this time interval, preserving the end instant.
109      *
110      * @param duration  new duration for interval
111      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the end is before the start
112      * @throws ArithmeticException if the start instant exceeds the capacity of a long
113      */
114     void setDurationBeforeEnd(ReadableDuration duration);
115 
116     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
117     /**
118      * Sets the period of this time interval, preserving the start instant.
119      *
120      * @param period  new period for interval, null means zero length
121      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the end is before the start
122      * @throws ArithmeticException if the end instant exceeds the capacity of a long
123      */
124     void setPeriodAfterStart(ReadablePeriod period);
125 
126     /**
127      * Sets the period of this time interval, preserving the end instant.
128      *
129      * @param period  new period for interval, null means zero length
130      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the end is before the start
131      * @throws ArithmeticException if the start instant exceeds the capacity of a long
132      */
133     void setPeriodBeforeEnd(ReadablePeriod period);
134 
135 }