net.time4j.engine

Class BasicElement<V>

java.lang.Object

net.time4j.engine.BasicElement<V>

Type Parameters:

V - generic type of element values

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparator<ChronoEntity<?>>, ChronoElement<V>

Direct Known Subclasses:

AdvancedElement, TemporalTypes

public abstract class BasicElement<V>
extends Object
implements ChronoElement<V>, Serializable

Abstract base implementation of a chronological element which has a name and can also define an (unregistered) element rule.

Author:

Meno Hochschild

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object obj) Based on equality of element names AND element classes.
char	getSymbol() There is no format symbol by default.
int	hashCode() Based on the element name.
boolean	isLenient() Chronological elements are strict by default.
String	name() Returns the name which is unique within the context of a given chronology.
String	toString() Serves mainly for debugging support.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface net.time4j.engine.ChronoElement

compare, getDefaultMaximum, getDefaultMinimum, getType, isDateElement, isTimeElement

Method Detail

name

public final String name()

Description copied from interface: ChronoElement

Returns the name which is unique within the context of a given chronology.

The name can also serve as resource key together with the name of a chronology for a localized description.

Specified by:

name in interface ChronoElement<V>

Returns:

name of element, unique within a chronology

getSymbol

public char getSymbol()

There is no format symbol by default.

In order to define a format symbol subclasses must override this methode. In that case such an element instance should be annotated with the annotation FormattableElement for documentation support.

Specified by:

getSymbol in interface ChronoElement<V>

Returns:

ASCII-0 (placeholder for an undefined format symbol)

See Also:

FormattableElement

isLenient

public boolean isLenient()

Chronological elements are strict by default.

Specified by:

isLenient in interface ChronoElement<V>

Returns:

false

See Also:

ElementRule.withValue(T, V, boolean)

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Based on equality of element names AND element classes.

Specified by:

equals in interface Comparator<ChronoEntity<?>>

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Returns:

true if this instance and the argument are of same class and have same names else false

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Based on the element name.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

int

toString

public String toString()

Serves mainly for debugging support.

For display purpose the method name() is to be preferred.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

String