org.shredzone.commons.pdb

Class CalendarFactory

java.lang.Object

org.shredzone.commons.pdb.CalendarFactory

public class CalendarFactory
extends Object

A factory singleton for creating Calendar instances and keeping a central TimeZone.

The default is the system's local time zone. To change to a different time zone, invoke CalendarFactory.getInstance().setTimeZone(tz). Instances are thread local, so different threads may have different time zone settings.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	EPOCH_YEAR Epoch of PalmOS starts on January 1st, 1904.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CalendarFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Calendar	create() Creates a new Calendar instance with the current time zone.
Calendar	createPalmEpoch() Creates a Calendar that is set to the PalmOS epoch.
Calendar	createWithTimeZone(TimeZone tz) Creates a new Calendar instance with the given time zone.
static CalendarFactory	getInstance() Gets the singleton instance of the factory.
TimeZone	getTimeZone()
void	setTimeZone(TimeZone timeZone) The TimeZone to be used.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

EPOCH_YEAR

public static final int EPOCH_YEAR

Epoch of PalmOS starts on January 1st, 1904.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

CalendarFactory

public CalendarFactory()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static CalendarFactory getInstance()

Gets the singleton instance of the factory. The returned singleton is thread local and can only be used by the invoking thread. On the other hand, multiple threads can have individual time zone settings.

Returns:

CalendarFactory instance

setTimeZone

public void setTimeZone(TimeZone timeZone)

The TimeZone to be used. Defaults to the system's time zone.

getTimeZone

public TimeZone getTimeZone()

create

public Calendar create()

Creates a new Calendar instance with the current time zone.

Returns:

Calendar

createWithTimeZone

public Calendar createWithTimeZone(TimeZone tz)

Creates a new Calendar instance with the given time zone.

Parameters:

tz - TimeZone to be used

Returns:

Calendar

createPalmEpoch

public Calendar createPalmEpoch()

Creates a Calendar that is set to the PalmOS epoch.

Returns:

Calendar set to the PalmOS epoch.