ostore.introspect
Class Time.NeverTime

java.lang.Object
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  +--ostore.introspect.Time.NeverTime

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable, QuickSerializable, Time

Enclosing class:

Time

public static final class Time.NeverTime

extends Object

implements Time

Time that is before all other time.

Version:

$Id: Time.java,v 1.2 2003/03/15 01:35:39 jeffpang Exp $

Author:

Jeff Pang

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class ostore.introspect.Time

Time.NeverTime

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface ostore.introspect.Time

NEVER

Constructor Summary

Time.NeverTime()

Time.NeverTime(InputBuffer buffer)

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Object other)
Distance	difference(Time to) Distance from this Time to to time.
boolean	equals(Object other)
void	serialize(OutputBuffer buffer) Add the object to the buffer.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Time.NeverTime

public Time.NeverTime()

Time.NeverTime

public Time.NeverTime(InputBuffer buffer)
               throws QSException

Method Detail

serialize

public void serialize(OutputBuffer buffer)

Description copied from interface: QuickSerializable

Add the object to the buffer.

Specified by:

serialize in interface QuickSerializable

Parameters:

buffer - the output buffer to add the object to

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object other)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

difference

public Distance difference(Time to)

Description copied from interface: Time

Distance from this Time to to time.

Specified by:

difference in interface Time

Parameters:

to - next time

Returns:

|to - this| distance

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object