javax.cim
Class CIMDateTime

java.lang.Object
  javax.cim.CIMDateTime

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CIMDateTimeAbsolute, CIMDateTimeInterval

public abstract class CIMDateTime

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable

This abstract class repesents a CIM datetime data type as defined by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) CIM Infrastructure Specification (DSP004). It is in the format: yyyyMMddHHmmss.SSSSSSsutc where yyyy - is a 4 digit year MM - is the month dd - is the day of the month HH - is the hour (24 hour clock) mm - is the minute ss - is the second mmmmmm - is the number of microseconds s - is "+" or "-", indicating the sign of the UTC (Universal Coordinated Time; for all intents and purposes the sane as Greenwhich Mean Time) correction field, or a ":". In the case of a ":" the value is interpreted as a time interval, and yyyyMM are interreted as days. utc - is the offset from UTC in minutes (using the sign indicated by s). It is ignored for a time interval. For example Monday, May 25, 1998, at 1:30 PM EST would be represented as: 19980525133015.000000-300 Values must be zero-padded so that the entire string is always the same 25-character length. Fields which are not significant must be replaced with asterisk characters. Similarly, intervals use the same format, except that the interpretation of the fileds is based on elapsed time. For example, an elapsed time of 1 day, 13 hours, 23 minutes, 12 seconds would be: 00000001132312.000000:000 A UTC offset of zero is always used for interval properties.

Since:

JSR 1.0.0

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

CIMDateTime(java.lang.String dateString)
Creates a CIMDateTimeAbsolute object using a string

Method Summary

boolean	equals(CIMDateTime pDateTime) Determines whether the CIMDateTime that is passed in is eqaul to the current CIMDateTime object
abstract java.lang.String	getDateTimeString() Gets the internal string representation of this object
abstract int	hashCode() returns the hascode for this object

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Constructor Detail

CIMDateTime

public CIMDateTime(java.lang.String dateString)
            throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Creates a CIMDateTimeAbsolute object using a string

Parameters:

dateString - A string in the format of yyyyMMddHHmmss.SSSSSSsutc

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if string is not in the correct format

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(CIMDateTime pDateTime)

Determines whether the CIMDateTime that is passed in is eqaul to the current CIMDateTime object

Parameters:

pDateTime - The CIMDateTime object to compare to

Returns:

True if this CIMDateTime object is equal to the one that was passed in, otherwise false

getDateTimeString

public abstract java.lang.String getDateTimeString()

Gets the internal string representation of this object

Returns:

String the internal representation of the CIMDateTime object

hashCode

public abstract int hashCode()

returns the hascode for this object

Returns:

a hashcode value for this object