org.salespointframework.core
Class Step

java.lang.Object
  org.salespointframework.core.Step

All Implemented Interfaces:

Time

public class Step
extends java.lang.Object
implements Time

This class is an implementation of the Time interface. A Long value is used to represent the time.

Since:

v2.0

Version:

2.0 13/06/1999

Author:

Sven Matznick

Field Summary

private java.lang.Long	m_lDefaultInterval Default interval.
private java.lang.Long	m_lTime Current time.

Constructor Summary

Step()
Creates a new step with default starting time 0.

Step(java.lang.Long lInitTime)
Creates a new step with the given long value as the starting time.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getDefaultInterval() Get the default time interval.
java.lang.Object	getTime() Get the current time.
java.lang.Comparable<java.lang.String>	getTimeStamp(long lStampNumber) Create and return a time stamp.
void	goAhead(java.lang.Object oInterval) Increase the time by the given interval.
void	setTime(java.lang.Object oTime) Set the given Long as the new time value.
java.lang.String	toString() Return the current time.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

m_lTime

private java.lang.Long m_lTime

Current time.

m_lDefaultInterval

private java.lang.Long m_lDefaultInterval

Default interval.

Constructor Detail

Step

public Step()

Creates a new step with default starting time 0.

Step

public Step(java.lang.Long lInitTime)

Creates a new step with the given long value as the starting time.

Parameters:

lInitTime - a Long: the initial time.

Method Detail

setTime

public void setTime(java.lang.Object oTime)
             throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Set the given Long as the new time value.

Specified by:

setTime in interface Time

Parameters:

oTime - the new time value.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the given object is not convertible to a Long

getTime

public java.lang.Object getTime()

Get the current time.

Specified by:

getTime in interface Time

Returns:

a Long representing the current time.

goAhead

public void goAhead(java.lang.Object oInterval)
             throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Increase the time by the given interval.

Specified by:

goAhead in interface Time

Parameters:

oInterval - the interval to increase time by

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the given object is not convertible to a Long

getDefaultInterval

public java.lang.Object getDefaultInterval()

Get the default time interval.

Specified by:

getDefaultInterval in interface Time

Returns:

a Long describing the default time interval of 1.

getTimeStamp

public java.lang.Comparable<java.lang.String> getTimeStamp(long lStampNumber)

Create and return a time stamp.

Specified by:

getTimeStamp in interface Time

Parameters:

lStampNumber - the number of the stamp

Returns:

a fresh time stamp.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return the current time.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a String describing the current time