ewe.sys
Class DateChange

java.lang.Object
  ewe.sys.DateChange

public class DateChange

extends Object

A DateChange object is used when calculating differences between two Dates or when adding/subtracting time periods to an existing date.

Field Summary

int	days The number of days difference.
int	months The number of months difference.
int	totalDays If this is used, then the years, months and days values are ignored, when passing this Object as a parameter for changing a date.
int	years The number of years difference.

Constructor Summary

DateChange()

Method Summary

boolean	isNegative() This is only valid when used to calculate the difference between two dates.
DateChange	set(int totalDays) Set the totalDays.
DateChange	set(int years, int months, int days) Set the years, months and days.
String	toString() Return a String representation of this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode

Field Detail

years

public int years

The number of years difference.

months

public int months

The number of months difference.

days

public int days

The number of days difference.

totalDays

public int totalDays

If this is used, then the years, months and days values are ignored, when passing this Object as a parameter for changing a date. If this object is used to pass the return value of a difference calculation, then this value will also be valid as the total number of days that span the number of years, months and days.

Constructor Detail

DateChange

public DateChange()

Method Detail

isNegative

public boolean isNegative()

This is only valid when used to calculate the difference between two dates.

Returns:

Whether the time difference was negative.

set

public DateChange set(int years,
                      int months,
                      int days)

Set the years, months and days.

Returns:

Itself

set

public DateChange set(int totalDays)

Set the totalDays.

Returns:

Itself

toString

public String toString()

Description copied from class: Object

Return a String representation of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a String representing this object.