net.time4j.calendar

Enum ThaiSolarEra

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<ThaiSolarEra>

net.time4j.calendar.ThaiSolarEra

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<ThaiSolarEra>, CalendarEra

public enum ThaiSolarEra
extends java.lang.Enum<ThaiSolarEra>
implements CalendarEra

The Thai-Solar calendar supports two eras related to either the Rattanakosin kingdom (historic) or to the date of death of Buddha (used today).

Since:

3.19/4.15

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
BUDDHIST Standard era where users add 543 years to the gregorian AD-year in order to get the buddhist year counting.
RATTANAKOSIN The Rattanakosin era started counting of years on 6th of April in 1782 and was decreed by king Rama V in year 1888 and used until the calendar reform of king Rama VI in year 1912.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getDisplayName(java.util.Locale locale) Equivalent to the expression getDisplayName(locale, TextWidth.WIDE).
java.lang.String	getDisplayName(java.util.Locale locale, TextWidth width) Gets the description text dependent on the locale and style parameters.
int	getValue() Yields an ordinal number which is scaled such that every era which contains the ISO-date of UTC-epoch [1972-01-01] will have the associated value 1.
int	getYear(CalendarDate date) Determines the Thai year corresponding to given calendar date.
static ThaiSolarEra	valueOf(java.lang.String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static ThaiSolarEra[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

compareTo, equals, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface net.time4j.engine.CalendarEra

name

Enum Constant Detail

RATTANAKOSIN

public static final ThaiSolarEra RATTANAKOSIN

The Rattanakosin era started counting of years on 6th of April in 1782 and was decreed by king Rama V in year 1888 and used until the calendar reform of king Rama VI in year 1912. According to the original source of the Wikipedia-article this era started years on first of April. Time4J always converts the Rattanakosin era to Buddhist era in any thai-date-input.

BUDDHIST

public static final ThaiSolarEra BUDDHIST

Standard era where users add 543 years to the gregorian AD-year in order to get the buddhist year counting. Before year 1941, the buddhist year started on first of April, then on first of January.

Method Detail

values

public static ThaiSolarEra[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (ThaiSolarEra c : ThaiSolarEra.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static ThaiSolarEra valueOf(java.lang.String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the argument is null

getValue

public int getValue()

Description copied from interface: CalendarEra

Yields an ordinal number which is scaled such that every era which contains the ISO-date of UTC-epoch [1972-01-01] will have the associated value 1.

Attention: This number is neither necessarily unique nor does it imply any chronological order.

Specified by:

getValue in interface CalendarEra

Returns:

int

getDisplayName

public java.lang.String getDisplayName(java.util.Locale locale)

Equivalent to the expression getDisplayName(locale, TextWidth.WIDE).

Parameters:

locale - language setting

Returns:

descriptive text (long form, never null)

Since:

3.19/4.15

See Also:

getDisplayName(Locale, TextWidth)

getDisplayName

public java.lang.String getDisplayName(java.util.Locale locale,
                                       TextWidth width)

Gets the description text dependent on the locale and style parameters.

The second argument controls the width of description.

Parameters:

locale - language setting

width - text width

Returns:

descriptive text for given locale and style (never null)

Since:

3.19/4.15

getYear

public int getYear(CalendarDate date)

Determines the Thai year corresponding to given calendar date.

Parameters:

date - calendar date of any type

Returns:

thai year in this era

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the resulting year would become zero or negative

Since:

3.19/4.15