org.osid

Interface Temporal

All Known Subinterfaces:

ActionEnabler, Activity, Activity, ActivityRegistration, Appointment, AssessmentEntry, Auction, AuctionConstrainerEnabler, AuctionProcessorEnabler, AuditEnabler, Authorization, AuthorizationEnabler, Availability, AvailabilityEnabler, AwardEntry, Ballot, BallotConstrainerEnabler, Bid, BrokerConstrainerEnabler, BrokerProcessorEnabler, Budget, BudgetEntry, Building, Candidate, CanonicalUnitEnabler, CanonicalUnitProcessorEnabler, CatalogEnabler, Comment, Commission, CommissionEnabler, Commitment, CommitmentEnabler, CompositionEnabler, Conferral, Contact, ContactEnabler, CourseEntry, CourseOffering, CredentialEntry, Credit, Customer, Deed, DemographicEnabler, DeviceEnabler, Docet, Edge, EdgeEnabler, Effort, Enrollment, Entry, Event, Floor, GradeEntry, Hold, HoldEnabler, Input, InputEnabler, InquiryEnabler, Instruction, Issue, Item, JobConstrainerEnabler, JobProcessorEnabler, Lease, Lesson, ObstacleEnabler, Offering, OfferingConstrainerEnabler, OffsetEventEnabler, Organization, OsidEnabler, OsidRelationship, ParameterProcessorEnabler, Participant, Path, Payer, Plan, PoolConstrainerEnabler, PoolProcessorEnabler, Position, PriceEnabler, ProcessEnabler, Proficiency, ProfileEntry, ProfileEntryEnabler, ProgramEntry, ProgramOffering, Project, Provision, Provisionable, QueueConstrainerEnabler, QueueConstrainerEnabler, QueueProcessorEnabler, QueueProcessorEnabler, RaceConstrainerEnabler, RaceProcessorEnabler, RecurringEventEnabler, Registration, Relationship, RelationshipEnabler, Relevancy, RelevancyEnabler, Renovation, Request, RequestTransaction, Requisite, ResourceRelationship, Response, Result, Room, Route, SequenceRuleEnabler, SignalEnabler, SpeedZoneEnabler, StepConstrainerEnabler, StepProcessorEnabler, Subscription, SubscriptionEnabler, SupersedingEventEnabler, Todo, TriggerEnabler, ValueEnabler, Vote

public interface Temporal

Temporal is used to indicate the object endures for a period of time.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DateTime	getEndDate() Gets the end date.
DateTime	getStartDate() Gets the start date.
boolean	isEffective() Tests if the current date is within the start end end dates inclusive.

Method Detail

isEffective

boolean isEffective()

Tests if the current date is within the start end end dates inclusive.

Returns:

true if this is effective, false otherwise

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getStartDate

DateTime getStartDate()

Gets the start date.

Returns:

the start date

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getEndDate

DateTime getEndDate()

Gets the end date.

Returns:

the end date

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.