org.apache.xerces.xs.datatypes

Interface XSDateTime

public interface XSDateTime

Interface to expose the values for all date-time related types. The following table shows the methods defined for various XML Schema 1.0 built-in types. 'X' marks whether a particular method is defined for a particular type. Accessing undefined methods may return unexpected values.

XML Schema Datatype

getYears()

getMonths()

getDays()

getHours()

getMinutes()

getSeconds()

getTimeZoneHours()

getTimeZoneMinutes()

getXMLGregorianCalendar()

getDuration()

hasTimeZone()

normalize()

isNormalized()

getLexicalValue()

gYear

X

-

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

gMonth

-

X

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

gDay

-

-

X

-

-

-

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

gYearMonth

X

X

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

gMonthDay

-

X

X

-

-

-

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

date

X

X

X

-

-

-

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

time

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

datetime

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

duration

-

X

-

-

-

X

-

-

-

X

-

-

-

X

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Ankit Pasricha, IBM

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getDays()
Duration	getDuration()
int	getHours()
String	getLexicalValue()
int	getMinutes()
int	getMonths()
double	getSeconds()
int	getTimeZoneHours()
int	getTimeZoneMinutes()
XMLGregorianCalendar	getXMLGregorianCalendar()
int	getYears()
boolean	hasTimeZone()
boolean	isNormalized()
XSDateTime	normalize()

Method Detail

getYears

int getYears()

Returns:

years - can be negative for date-time related types;

getMonths

int getMonths()

Returns:

months - can be negative only for duration types; For duration types, it returns years*12 + months

getDays

int getDays()

Returns:

days - cannot be negative;

getHours

int getHours()

Returns:

hours - cannot be negative;

getMinutes

int getMinutes()

Returns:

minutes - cannot be negative;

getSeconds

double getSeconds()

Returns:

seconds - can be negative only for durations; For duration types, it returns days*24*3600 + hours*3600 + minutes*60 + seconds

hasTimeZone

boolean hasTimeZone()

Returns:

boolean (true when timezone is specified in the original lexical value)

getTimeZoneHours

int getTimeZoneHours()

Returns:

timezone hours (for GMT-xx:xx this will be negative),

getTimeZoneMinutes

int getTimeZoneMinutes()

Returns:

timezone minutes (for GMT-xx:xx this will be negative),

getLexicalValue

String getLexicalValue()

Returns:

the original lexical value

normalize

XSDateTime normalize()

Returns:

a new date-time related object with normalized values (has no effect on objects already normalized)

isNormalized

boolean isNormalized()

Returns:

whether a date-time related object is normalized or not (value is not useful for types where timezone is not specified)

getXMLGregorianCalendar

XMLGregorianCalendar getXMLGregorianCalendar()

Returns:

an un-normalized XMLGregorianCalendar (if applicable otherwise null)

getDuration

Duration getDuration()

Returns:

a Duration (if applicable otherwise null)