IlTimeUnit Class Reference

Base class representing a time unit (second, hour, year...). More...

#include <ilog/date.h>

Inheritance diagram for IlTimeUnit:

Public Member Functions
	IlTimeUnit ()
	Constructor.
virtual void	addTimeUnit (IlCalendar &date) const =0
	Increments the given IlCalendar date by the time unit. More...
virtual IlTimeUnit *	copy () const =0
	Returns an IlTimeUnit of the same type as the current object. The caller is responsible to delete this object.
virtual IlDouble	getMillis () const =0
	Returns the duration of this time unit in milliseconds. More...
virtual void	snapToPreviousTimeUnit (IlCalendar &date) const =0
	Snaps the given IlCalendar date to the previous time unit. More...
virtual char *	toString (IlDouble date) const =0
	Returns a string representing the date according to this unit. More...

Detailed Description

Base class representing a time unit (second, hour, year...).

Library: ilog

IlTimeUnit is the base class from which time unit classes are derived (seconds, minutes, days, weeks, and so on).

See also

IlvTimeScaleStepsUpdater.

Member Function Documentation

addTimeUnit()

virtual void IlTimeUnit::addTimeUnit ( IlCalendar &  date ) const

pure virtual

Increments the given IlCalendar date by the time unit.

For instance, if the unit is minutes, adds one minute to the date.

Parameters

date	The date to modify.

Implemented in IlTimeUnitYear, IlTimeUnitQuarter, IlTimeUnitMonth, IlTimeUnitWeek, IlTimeUnitDay, IlTimeUnitHour, IlTimeUnitMinute, IlTimeUnitSecond, and IlTimeUnitMilliSecond.

getMillis()

virtual IlDouble IlTimeUnit::getMillis ( ) const

pure virtual

Returns the duration of this time unit in milliseconds.

Returns

The duration of this time unit in milliseconds.

Implemented in IlTimeUnitYear, IlTimeUnitQuarter, IlTimeUnitMonth, IlTimeUnitWeek, IlTimeUnitDay, IlTimeUnitHour, IlTimeUnitMinute, IlTimeUnitSecond, and IlTimeUnitMilliSecond.

snapToPreviousTimeUnit()

virtual void IlTimeUnit::snapToPreviousTimeUnit ( IlCalendar &  date ) const

pure virtual

Snaps the given IlCalendar date to the previous time unit.

For instance, if the unit is minutes, seconds and milliseconds will be set to 0.

Parameters

date	The date to modify.

Implemented in IlTimeUnitYear, IlTimeUnitQuarter, IlTimeUnitMonth, IlTimeUnitWeek, IlTimeUnitDay, IlTimeUnitHour, IlTimeUnitMinute, IlTimeUnitSecond, and IlTimeUnitMilliSecond.

toString()

virtual char* IlTimeUnit::toString ( IlDouble  date ) const

pure virtual

Returns a string representing the date according to this unit.

Returns an allocated string, which should be deleted with delete [].

Parameters

date	The date to convert.

Implemented in IlTimeUnitYear, IlTimeUnitQuarter, IlTimeUnitMonth, IlTimeUnitWeek, IlTimeUnitDay, IlTimeUnitHour, IlTimeUnitMinute, IlTimeUnitSecond, and IlTimeUnitMilliSecond.