org.gedcomx.date
Class GedcomxDate

java.lang.Object
  org.gedcomx.date.GedcomxDate

Direct Known Subclasses:

GedcomxDateApproximate, GedcomxDateDuration, GedcomxDateRange, GedcomxDateRecurring, GedcomxDateSimple

public abstract class GedcomxDate
extends Object

A Formal Gedcomx Date

Author:

John Clark.

Constructor Summary

GedcomxDate()

Method Summary

abstract GedcomxDateType	getType() Return the type of date
abstract boolean	isApproximate() Whether or not this date is approximate
abstract String	toFormalString() The formal representation of this date

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GedcomxDate

public GedcomxDate()

Method Detail

getType

public abstract GedcomxDateType getType()

Return the type of date

Returns:

The Type

isApproximate

public abstract boolean isApproximate()

Whether or not this date is approximate

Returns:

True if this date is approximate

toFormalString

public abstract String toFormalString()

The formal representation of this date

Returns:

The formal string