org.openrdf.util.xml.datatypes
Class DateTime

java.lang.Object
  org.openrdf.util.xml.datatypes.DateTime

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, Comparable

public class DateTime

extends Object

implements Cloneable, Comparable

This class provides utility functions for comparisons operating on xml:dateTime datatypes as specified in W3C, XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes Second Edition

Version:

0.2 2005-07-10

Author:

Thomas Beer, Arjohn Kampman

Constructor Summary

DateTime(String dateTimeString)
Creates a new DateTime object for the supplied xsd:dateTime string value.

Method Summary

Object	clone()
int	compareTo(Object other) Compares this DateTime object to another DateTime object.
boolean	isNormalized() Checks whether this object has already been normalized.
void	normalize() Normalizes this dateTime object.
String	toString() Returns the xsd:dateTime string-representation of this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateTime

public DateTime(String dateTimeString)

Creates a new DateTime object for the supplied xsd:dateTime string value.

Parameters:

dateTimeString - An xsd:dateTime value, for example 1999-05-31T13:20:00-05:00.

Method Detail

isNormalized

public boolean isNormalized()

Checks whether this object has already been normalized.

normalize

public void normalize()

Normalizes this dateTime object.

toString

public String toString()

Returns the xsd:dateTime string-representation of this object.

Returns:

An xsd:dateTime value, e.g. 1999-05-31T13:20:00-05:00.

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object other)

Compares this DateTime object to another DateTime object.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

Throws:

ClassCastException - If other is not a DateTime object.

clone

public Object clone()