Package org.jfree.data.time

Class Hour

java.lang.Object
org.jfree.data.time.RegularTimePeriod
org.jfree.data.time.Hour
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Comparable, TimePeriod, org.jfree.date.MonthConstants
public class Hour
extends RegularTimePeriod
implements Serializable
Represents an hour in a specific day.

This class is immutable, which is a requirement for all RegularTimePeriod subclasses.

See Also:
Serialized Form

  • Field Details

    • FIRST_HOUR_IN_DAY

      public static final int FIRST_HOUR_IN_DAY
      Useful constant for the first hour in the day.
      See Also:
      Constant Field Values

    • LAST_HOUR_IN_DAY

      public static final int LAST_HOUR_IN_DAY
      Useful constant for the last hour in the day.
      See Also:
      Constant Field Values

  • Constructor Details

    • Hour

      public Hour()
      Constructs a new Hour, based on the system date/time.

    • Hour

      public Hour​(int hour, Day day)
      Constructs a new Hour.
      Parameters:
      hour - the hour (in the range 0 to 23).
      day - the day.

    • Hour

      public Hour​(int hour, int day, int month, int year)
      Creates a new hour.
      Parameters:
      hour - the hour (0-23).
      day - the day (1-31).
      month - the month (1-12).
      year - the year (1900-9999).

    • Hour

      public Hour​(Date time)
      Constructs a new Hour, based on the supplied date/time.
      Parameters:
      time - the date-time.

    • Hour

      public Hour​(Date time, TimeZone zone)
      Constructs a new Hour, based on the supplied date/time evaluated in the specified time zone.
      Parameters:
      time - the date-time.
      zone - the time zone.

  • Method Details

    • getHour

      public int getHour()
      Returns the hour.
      Returns:
      the hour.

    • getDay

      public Day getDay()
      Returns the day in which this hour falls.
      Returns:
      the day.

    • getYear

      public int getYear()
      Returns the year in which this hour falls.
      Returns:
      the year.

    • getMonth

      public int getMonth()
      Returns the month in which this hour falls.
      Returns:
      the month.

    • getDayOfMonth

      public int getDayOfMonth()
      Returns the day-of-the-month in which this hour falls.
      Returns:
      the day-of-the-month.

    • previous

      public RegularTimePeriod previous()
      Returns the hour preceding this one.
      Specified by:
      previous in class RegularTimePeriod
      Returns:
      the hour preceding this one.

    • next

      public RegularTimePeriod next()
      Returns the hour following this one.
      Specified by:
      next in class RegularTimePeriod
      Returns:
      the hour following this one.

    • getSerialIndex

      public long getSerialIndex()
      Returns a serial index number for the hour.
      Specified by:
      getSerialIndex in class RegularTimePeriod
      Returns:
      The serial index number.

    • getFirstMillisecond

      public long getFirstMillisecond​(Calendar calendar)
      Returns the first millisecond of the hour.
      Specified by:
      getFirstMillisecond in class RegularTimePeriod
      Parameters:
      calendar - the calendar/timezone.
      Returns:
      the first millisecond.

    • getLastMillisecond

      public long getLastMillisecond​(Calendar calendar)
      Returns the last millisecond of the hour.
      Specified by:
      getLastMillisecond in class RegularTimePeriod
      Parameters:
      calendar - the calendar/timezone.
      Returns:
      the last millisecond.

    • equals

      public boolean equals​(Object object)
      Tests the equality of this object against an arbitrary Object.

      This method will return true ONLY if the object is an Hour object representing the same hour as this instance.

      Overrides:
      equals in class Object
      Parameters:
      object - the object to compare.
      Returns:
      true if the hour and day value of the object is the same as this.

    • hashCode

      public int hashCode()
      Returns a hash code for this object instance.

      The approach described by Joshua Bloch in "Effective Java" has been used here:

      http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/Books/effectivejava/Chapter3.pdf

      Overrides:
      hashCode in class Object
      Returns:
      A hash code.

    • compareTo

      public int compareTo​(Object o1)
      Returns an integer indicating the order of this Hour object relative to the specified object: negative == before, zero == same, positive == after.
      Specified by:
      compareTo in interface Comparable
      Parameters:
      o1 - the object to compare.
      Returns:
      negative == before, zero == same, positive == after.

    • parseHour

      public static Hour parseHour​(String s)
      Creates an Hour instance by parsing a string. The string is assumed to be in the format "YYYY-MM-DD HH", perhaps with leading or trailing whitespace.
      Parameters:
      s - the hour string to parse.
      Returns:
      null if the string is not parseable, the hour otherwise.