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The InstantConverter.java Java example source code

/*
 *  Copyright 2001-2005 Stephen Colebourne
 *
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 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package org.joda.time.convert;

import org.joda.time.Chronology;
import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;

/**
 * InstantConverter defines how an object is converted to milliseconds/chronology.
 * <p>
 * The two methods in this interface must be called in order, as the
 * <code>getInstantMillis method relies on the result of the
 * <code>getChronology method being passed in.
 *
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface InstantConverter extends Converter {

    /**
     * Extracts the chronology from an object of this converter's type
     * where the time zone is specified.
     * 
     * @param object  the object to convert
     * @param zone  the specified zone to use, null means default zone
     * @return the chronology, never null
     * @throws ClassCastException if the object is invalid
     */
    Chronology getChronology(Object object, DateTimeZone zone);

    /**
     * Extracts the chronology from an object of this converter's type
     * where the chronology may be specified.
     * <p>
     * If the chronology is non-null it should be used. If it is null, then the
     * object should be queried, and if it has no chronology then ISO default is used.
     * 
     * @param object  the object to convert
     * @param chrono  the chronology to use, null means use object
     * @return the chronology, never null
     * @throws ClassCastException if the object is invalid
     */
    Chronology getChronology(Object object, Chronology chrono);

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Extracts the millis from an object of this converter's type.
     * <p>
     * The chronology passed in is the result of the call to <code>getChronology.
     * 
     * @param object  the object to convert
     * @param chrono  the chronology to use, which is the non-null result of getChronology()
     * @return the millisecond instant
     * @throws ClassCastException if the object is invalid
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if object conversion fails
     */
    long getInstantMillis(Object object, Chronology chrono);

}