net.time4j.format

Interface NumericalElement<V>

Type Parameters:

V - generic type of element values (will be adjusted to enum-supertype in next major release)

All Superinterfaces:

ChronoElement<V>, Comparator<ChronoDisplay>

public interface NumericalElement<V>
extends ChronoElement<V>

A chronological element which allows a numerical representation.

This element interface is only relevant for enum-like elements.

Author:

Meno Hochschild

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	numerical(V value) Translates given element value to a numerical integer.
boolean	parseFromInt(ChronoEntity<?> entity, int value) Converts and stores given integer into the result buffer.
int	printToInt(V value, ChronoDisplay context, AttributeQuery attributes) Translates given element value to a numerical integer.

Methods inherited from interface net.time4j.engine.ChronoElement

compare, getDefaultMaximum, getDefaultMinimum, getDisplayName, getSymbol, getType, isDateElement, isLenient, isTimeElement, name

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals

Method Detail

numerical

int numerical(V value)

Translates given element value to a numerical integer.

Will be called by the default methods NumericalElement.parseFromInt(ChronoEntity, int) or NumericalElement.printToInt(Object, ChronoDisplay, AttributeQuery). The integer Integer.MIN_VALUE must be avoided in this conversion.

Parameters:

value - value to be converted to int

Returns:

Integer-representation of given value

printToInt

int printToInt(V value,
             ChronoDisplay context,
             AttributeQuery attributes)

Translates given element value to a numerical integer.

Will be called when element values need to be printed as numbers. The default implementation just delegates to numerical(V).

Parameters:

value - value to be converted to int

context - the object to be formatted

attributes - format attributes

Returns:

Integer-representation of given value

Since:

3.37/4.32

parseFromInt

boolean parseFromInt(ChronoEntity<?> entity,
                   int value)

Converts and stores given integer into the result buffer.

Will be called when int values need to be interpreted as enums. The default implementation just delegates to numerical(V).

Parameters:

entity - mutable result buffer for parsed values

value - parsed integer

Returns:

true if the integer can be interpreted else false

Since:

3.37/4.32