org.salespointframework.time

Interface BusinessTime

public interface BusinessTime

Component to allow access to the current business time. It will usually return the current system time but allows manually forwarding it by a certain Duration for testing and simulation purposes.

Author:

Paul Henke, Oliver Gierke, Rico Bergmann

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	forward(Duration duration) Forwards the current time with the given Duration.
Duration	getOffset() Returns the current offset between the real time and the virtual one created by calling forward(Duration).
LocalDateTime	getTime() Returns the current business time.
void	reset() Undoes any forwarding.

Method Detail

getTime

LocalDateTime getTime()

Returns the current business time. This will be the time of the system the application is running on by default but can be adjusted by calling forward(Duration).

Returns:

forward

void forward(Duration duration)

Forwards the current time with the given Duration. Calling the method multiple times will accumulate durations.

Parameters:

duration -

getOffset

Duration getOffset()

Returns the current offset between the real time and the virtual one created by calling forward(Duration).

Returns:

reset

void reset()

Undoes any forwarding. Afterwards any call to getTime() will be equivalent to the system's time again.