org.openprovenance.prov.model

Interface LiteralConstructor

All Known Implementing Classes:

ProvFactory

public interface LiteralConstructor

Interface to convenience factory methods for PROV Literals.

Author:

lavm

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte[]	base64Decoding(String s)
Object	hexDecoding(String value)
Object	newDuration(String lexicalRepresentation) Factory method for a duration.
Object	newGDay(int day) Factory method for a gDay.
Object	newGMonth(int month) Factory method for a gMonth.
Object	newGMonthDay(int month, int day) Factory method for a gMonthDay.
Object	newGYear(int year) Factory method for a gYear.
Object	newISOTime(String lexicalXSDDateTime) Factory method for a dateTime.
Object	newTimeNow() Factory method for this moment's time expressed as dateTime.

Method Detail

newGYear

Object newGYear(int year)

Factory method for a gYear. A gYear represents a gregorian calendar year.

Parameters:

year - value

Returns:

an instance of XMLGregorianCalendar

newGMonth

Object newGMonth(int month)

Factory method for a gMonth. A gMonth represents a gregorian month that recurs every year.

Parameters:

month - value

Returns:

an instance of XMLGregorianCalendar

newGDay

Object newGDay(int day)

Factory method for a gDay. A gDay represents a gregorian day that recurs, specifically a day of the month such as the 5th of the month.

Parameters:

day - value

Returns:

an instance of XMLGregorianCalendar

newGMonthDay

Object newGMonthDay(int month,
                    int day)

Factory method for a gMonthDay. A gMonthDay is a gregorian date that recurs, specifically a day of the year such as the third of May.

Parameters:

month - value

day - value

Returns:

an instance of XMLGregorianCalendar

newISOTime

Object newISOTime(String lexicalXSDDateTime)

Factory method for a dateTime.

Parameters:

lexicalXSDDateTime - A string containing lexical representation of xsd:datetime.

Returns:

an instance of XMLGregorianCalendar

newDuration

Object newDuration(String lexicalRepresentation)

Factory method for a duration.

Parameters:

lexicalRepresentation - String representation of a Duration.

Returns:

an instance of Duration

base64Decoding

byte[] base64Decoding(String s)

hexDecoding

Object hexDecoding(String value)

newTimeNow

Object newTimeNow()

Factory method for this moment's time expressed as dateTime.

Returns:

an instance of XMLGregorianCalendar