net.time4j

Enum ClockUnit

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<ClockUnit>

net.time4j.ClockUnit

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<ClockUnit>, ChronoUnit, IsoTimeUnit, IsoUnit

public enum ClockUnit
extends Enum<ClockUnit>
implements IsoTimeUnit

Represents the most common time units on an ISO-8601-conforming analogue clock counting the scale ticks.

Author:

Meno Hochschild

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
HOURS Time unit "hours" (symbol H)
MICROS Time unit "microseconds" (symbol 6)
MILLIS Time unit "milliseconds" (symbol 3)
MINUTES Time unit "minutes" (symbol M)
NANOS Time unit "nanoseconds" (symbol 9)
SECONDS Time unit "seconds" (symbol S) according to the position of the second pointer on an analogue clock.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T extends TimePoint<? super ClockUnit,T>> long	between(T start, T end) Calculates the temporal distance between given wall times in this unit.
long	convert(long sourceDuration, ClockUnit sourceUnit) Converts the given duration to a temporal amount measured in this unit.
long	convert(TimeSpan<? extends ClockUnit> duration) Converts the given duration to an amount in this unit and performs any necessary truncation if needed.
boolean	isCalendrical() A wall time unit is never calendrical.
Normalizer<ClockUnit>	only() Yields a normalizer which converts a given duration in another duration with only this clock unit.
static ClockUnit	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static ClockUnit[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, 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.IsoUnit

getSymbol

Methods inherited from interface net.time4j.engine.ChronoUnit

getLength

Enum Constant Detail

HOURS

public static final ClockUnit HOURS

Time unit "hours" (symbol H)

MINUTES

public static final ClockUnit MINUTES

Time unit "minutes" (symbol M)

SECONDS

public static final ClockUnit SECONDS

Time unit "seconds" (symbol S) according to the position of the second pointer on an analogue clock.

This unit is NOT the SI-second.

See Also:

SI

MILLIS

public static final ClockUnit MILLIS

Time unit "milliseconds" (symbol 3)

MICROS

public static final ClockUnit MICROS

Time unit "microseconds" (symbol 6)

NANOS

public static final ClockUnit NANOS

Time unit "nanoseconds" (symbol 9)

Method Detail

values

public static ClockUnit[] 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 (ClockUnit c : ClockUnit.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static ClockUnit valueOf(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:

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

NullPointerException - if the argument is null

between

public <T extends TimePoint<? super ClockUnit,T>> long between(T start,
                                                      T end)

Calculates the temporal distance between given wall times in this unit.

Type Parameters:

T - generic type of time point

Parameters:

start - starting time

end - ending time

Returns:

duration as count of this unit

convert

public long convert(long sourceDuration,
           ClockUnit sourceUnit)

Converts the given duration to a temporal amount measured in this unit.

Conversions from more precise to less precise units are usually associated with a loss of information. For example the conversion of 999 milliseconds results to 0 seconds. In reverse, the conversion of less precise to more precise units can result in a numerical overflow.

Example: In order to convert 44 minutes to milliseconds, the expression ClockUnit.MILLIS.convert(44L, ClockUnit.MINUTES) is applied. Note: If hours or minutes are to be converted then UTC-leapseconds will be ignored that is a minute has here always 60 seconds.

Parameters:

sourceDuration - amount of duration to be converted

sourceUnit - time unit of duration to be converted

Returns:

converted duration expressed in this unit

Throws:

ArithmeticException - in case of long overflow

convert

public long convert(TimeSpan<? extends ClockUnit> duration)

Converts the given duration to an amount in this unit and performs any necessary truncation if needed.

Parameters:

duration - temporal amount in clock units to be converted

Returns:

count of this unit representing given duration

Since:

1.2

only

public Normalizer<ClockUnit> only()

Yields a normalizer which converts a given duration in another duration with only this clock unit.

Returns:

normalizer

Since:

1.2

See Also:

convert(TimeSpan)

isCalendrical

public boolean isCalendrical()

A wall time unit is never calendrical.

Specified by:

isCalendrical in interface ChronoUnit

Returns:

false