net.time4j.engine

Interface Temporal<C>

Type Parameters:

C - generic temporal type for pure temporal comparison purposes

All Known Implementing Classes:

Calendrical, Moment, PlainDate, PlainTime, PlainTimestamp

public interface Temporal<C>

Represents an object which can be sorted on a time axis in a temporal-only way.

Author:

Meno Hochschild

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isAfter(C temporal) Queries if this object is after given object on a timeline.
boolean	isBefore(C temporal) Queries if this object is before given object on a timeline.
boolean	isSimultaneous(C temporal) Queries if this object and given object have the same position on the time axis.

Method Detail

isAfter

boolean isAfter(C temporal)

Queries if this object is after given object on a timeline.

Parameters:

temporal - object this instance is compared to

Returns:

true if this instance is temporally after temporal else false

isBefore

boolean isBefore(C temporal)

Queries if this object is before given object on a timeline.

Parameters:

temporal - object this instance is compared to

Returns:

true if this instance is temporally before temporal else false

isSimultaneous

boolean isSimultaneous(C temporal)

Queries if this object and given object have the same position on the time axis.

Is equivalent to !isAfter(temporal) && !isBefore(temporal). This method differs from the Object-method equals() such that first the comparison type must be a temporal one and second that only temporal-only state will be considered.

Parameters:

temporal - object this instance is compared to

Returns:

true if this instance is temporally equal to temporal else false