net.time4j.engine

Class BasicUnit

java.lang.Object

net.time4j.engine.BasicUnit

All Implemented Interfaces:

ChronoUnit

public abstract class BasicUnit
extends java.lang.Object
implements ChronoUnit

Abstract time unit class which can define its own rule.

See Also:

TimePoint.plus(long, U), TimePoint.minus(long, U), TimePoint.until(T, U)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isCalendrical() Queries if this time unit is calendrical respective is at least as long as a calendar day.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface net.time4j.engine.ChronoUnit

getLength

Method Detail

isCalendrical

public boolean isCalendrical()

Description copied from interface: ChronoUnit

Queries if this time unit is calendrical respective is at least as long as a calendar day.

Implementation note: The method must be consistent with the typical length of the unit. The expression Double.compare(unit.getLength(), 86400.0) >= 0 is equivalent to unit.isCalendrical().

Specified by:

isCalendrical in interface ChronoUnit

Returns:

true if at least as long as a day else false