org.joda.time.chrono.buddhist
Class BuddhistChronology

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.joda.time.Chronology
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        +--org.joda.time.chrono.DelegateChronology
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              +--org.joda.time.chrono.buddhist.BuddhistChronology

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public final class BuddhistChronology

extends DelegateChronology

BuddhistChronology provides access to the individual date time fields for the Buddhist chronological calendar system.

The Buddhist calendar differs from the GregorianJulian calendar only in the year. This class is compatable with the BuddhistCalendar class supplied by Sun.

At present the century fields are unsupported.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Stephen Colebourne, Brian S O'Neill

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static int

BE Constant value for 'Buddhist Era', equivalent to the value returned for AD/CE.

Method Summary

DateTimeField	centuryOfEra() Get the century of era field for this chronology.
DateTimeField	era() Get the era field for this chronology.
static BuddhistChronology	getInstance() Standard instance of a Buddhist Chronology, that matches Sun's BuddhistCalendar class.
static BuddhistChronology	getInstance(DateTimeZone zone) Standard instance of a Buddhist Chronology, that matches Sun's BuddhistCalendar class.
static BuddhistChronology	getInstanceUTC() Standard instance of a Buddhist Chronology, that matches Sun's BuddhistCalendar class.
java.lang.String	toString() Gets a debugging toString.
DateTimeField	weekyear() Get the year of a week based year field for this chronology.
Chronology	withDateTimeZone(DateTimeZone zone) Gets the Chronology in a specific time zone.
Chronology	withUTC() Gets the Chronology in the UTC time zone.
DateTimeField	year() Get the year field for this chronology.
DateTimeField	yearOfCentury() Get the year of century field for this chronology.
DateTimeField	yearOfEra() Get the year of era field for this chronology.

Methods inherited from class org.joda.time.chrono.DelegateChronology

clockhourOfDay, clockhourOfHalfday, dayOfMonth, dayOfWeek, dayOfYear, getChronology, getDateTimeZone, halfdayOfDay, hourOfDay, hourOfHalfday, millisOfDay, millisOfSecond, minuteOfDay, minuteOfHour, monthOfYear, secondOfDay, secondOfMinute, weekOfWeekyear

Methods inherited from class org.joda.time.Chronology

getDateOnlyMillis, getTimeOnlyMillis

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

BE

public static final int BE

Constant value for 'Buddhist Era', equivalent to the value returned for AD/CE.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getInstanceUTC

public static BuddhistChronology getInstanceUTC()

Standard instance of a Buddhist Chronology, that matches Sun's BuddhistCalendar class. This means that it follows the GregorianJulian calendar rules with a cutover date.

The time zone of the returned instance is UTC.

getInstance

public static BuddhistChronology getInstance()

Standard instance of a Buddhist Chronology, that matches Sun's BuddhistCalendar class. This means that it follows the GregorianJulian calendar rules with a cutover date.

getInstance

public static BuddhistChronology getInstance(DateTimeZone zone)

Standard instance of a Buddhist Chronology, that matches Sun's BuddhistCalendar class. This means that it follows the GregorianJulian calendar rules with a cutover date.

Parameters:

zone - the time zone to use, null is default

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the zone is null

withUTC

public Chronology withUTC()

Gets the Chronology in the UTC time zone.

Specified by:

withUTC in class DelegateChronology

Returns:

the chronology in UTC

withDateTimeZone

public Chronology withDateTimeZone(DateTimeZone zone)

Gets the Chronology in a specific time zone.

Specified by:

withDateTimeZone in class DelegateChronology

Parameters:

zone - the zone to get the chronology in, null is default

Returns:

the chronology

weekyear

public DateTimeField weekyear()

Get the year of a week based year field for this chronology.

Overrides:

weekyear in class DelegateChronology

Returns:

DateTimeField

year

public DateTimeField year()

Get the year field for this chronology.

Overrides:

year in class DelegateChronology

Returns:

DateTimeField

yearOfEra

public DateTimeField yearOfEra()

Get the year of era field for this chronology.

Overrides:

yearOfEra in class DelegateChronology

Returns:

DateTimeField

yearOfCentury

public DateTimeField yearOfCentury()

Get the year of century field for this chronology.

Overrides:

yearOfCentury in class DelegateChronology

Returns:

DateTimeField

Throws:

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - always

centuryOfEra

public DateTimeField centuryOfEra()

Get the century of era field for this chronology.

Overrides:

centuryOfEra in class DelegateChronology

Returns:

DateTimeField

Throws:

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - always

era

public DateTimeField era()

Get the era field for this chronology.

Overrides:

era in class DelegateChronology

Returns:

DateTimeField

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Gets a debugging toString.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a debugging string