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Class Step

java.lang.Object
  sale.Step

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Time

public class Step

extends Object

implements Time

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

Since:

v2.0

Author:

Sven Matznick

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

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

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

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Step

public Step()

Creates a new step with default starting time 0.

Step

public Step(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(Object oTime)
             throws IllegalArgumentException

Set the given Long as the new time value.

Specified by:

setTime in interface Time

Parameters:

oTime - the new time value.

Throws:

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

Override:

Never

getTime

public Object getTime()

Get the current time.

Specified by:

getTime in interface Time

Returns:

a Long representing the current time.

Override:

Never

goAhead

public void goAhead(Object oInterval)
             throws IllegalArgumentException

Increase the time by the given interval.

Specified by:

goAhead in interface Time

Parameters:

oInterval - the interval to increase time by

Throws:

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

Override:

Never

getDefaultInterval

public Object getDefaultInterval()

Get the default time interval.

Specified by:

getDefaultInterval in interface Time

Returns:

a Long describing the default time interval of 1.

Override:

Never

getTimeStamp

public Comparable 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.

Override:

Never

toString

public String toString()

Return the current time.

Returns:

a String describing the current time

Override:

Never