net.time4j.engine

Class Chronology.Builder<T extends ChronoEntity<T>>

java.lang.Object

net.time4j.engine.Chronology.Builder<T>

Type Parameters:

T - generic type of time context

Direct Known Subclasses:

TimeAxis.Builder

Enclosing class:

Chronology<T extends ChronoEntity<T>>

public static class Chronology.Builder<T extends ChronoEntity<T>>
extends Object

Builder for creating a new chronology without any time axis.

This class will be used during loading of a ChronoEntity-class T in a static initializer.

Author:

Meno Hochschild

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<V> Chronology.Builder<T>	appendElement(ChronoElement<V> element, ElementRule<T,V> rule) Registers a new element together with its associated element rule.
Chronology.Builder<T>	appendExtension(ChronoExtension extension) Registers a state extension which can create models with their own state separated from standard time value context.
Chronology<T>	build() Finishes the build of a new chronology.
static <T extends ChronoEntity<T>> Chronology.Builder<T>	setUp(Class<T> chronoType, ChronoMerger<T> chronoMerger) Creates a builder for building a new chronological system.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

setUp

public static <T extends ChronoEntity<T>> Chronology.Builder<T> setUp(Class<T> chronoType,
                                                      ChronoMerger<T> chronoMerger)

Creates a builder for building a new chronological system.

Type Parameters:

T - generic type of time context

Parameters:

chronoType - chronological type

chronoMerger - creates a new instance of T from another source (clock or parsed values)

Returns:

new Builder object

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - if T represents a subclass of TimePoint

appendElement

public <V> Chronology.Builder<T> appendElement(ChronoElement<V> element,
                                      ElementRule<T,V> rule)

Registers a new element together with its associated element rule.

Type Parameters:

V - generic type of element value

Parameters:

element - chronological element to be registered

rule - rule associated with the element

Returns:

this instance for method chaining

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if given element is already registered (duplicate)

appendExtension

public Chronology.Builder<T> appendExtension(ChronoExtension extension)

Registers a state extension which can create models with their own state separated from standard time value context.

Parameters:

extension - chronological extension

Returns:

this instance for method chaining

build

public Chronology<T> build()

Finishes the build of a new chronology.

Internally the new chronology will be weakly registered for lookup(). Therefore it is strongly recommended to reference the created chronology in a static constant within the chronological type in question.

Returns:

new instance of chronology

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if already registered

See Also:

Chronology.lookup(Class)