org.treesched
Class RegularSchedule

java.lang.Object
  org.treesched.AbstractSchedule
      org.treesched.RegularSchedule

All Implemented Interfaces:

RefineableSchedule, Schedule, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DailySchedule, IntervalSchedule, MonthlySchedule, WeeklySchedule, YearlySchedule

public abstract class RegularSchedule

extends AbstractSchedule

This is a base class for schedule which repeat at intervals.

Author:

Rob Gordon

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

RegularSchedule()

Method Summary

abstract java.util.Date	next(java.util.Date from) Given a date, return the date which is interval of this RegularScheudle later.
Interval	nextDue(java.util.Date now) For a given date a schedule will provide the interval this schedule should next be scheduled in.
java.lang.String	toString() Override toString to be more meaningful.

Methods inherited from class org.treesched.AbstractSchedule

addChildSchedule, getChildSchedule, getLimits, reset, setChildSchedule, setLimits

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RegularSchedule

public RegularSchedule()

Method Detail

next

public abstract java.util.Date next(java.util.Date from)

Given a date, return the date which is interval of this RegularScheudle later.

Parameters:

from - The date from which this schedule runs.

Returns:

The interval later.

nextDue

public Interval nextDue(java.util.Date now)

Description copied from interface: Schedule

For a given date a schedule will provide the interval this schedule should next be scheduled in.

If the schedule is never due again for the given date, null is returned.

Parameters:

now - The date now.

Returns:

The next due interval for the schedule.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Override toString to be more meaningful.

Returns:

a Description of this schedule.