Package edu.gsu.cs.dmlab.datatypes

Class BaseTemporalObject

java.lang.Object

edu.gsu.cs.dmlab.datatypes.BaseTemporalObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

IBaseTemporalObject

Direct Known Subclasses:

GeneralSTInterpolationTrajectory, GeneralSTObject, GeneralSTTrackingTrajectory

public class BaseTemporalObject
extends Object
implements IBaseTemporalObject

Is a generic temporal object type. One should derive a class by extending this class if a specific implementation for your specific project is needed.

Author:

Dustin Kempton, Data Mining Lab, Georgia State University

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected org.joda.time.Interval	timePeriod

Fields inherited from interface edu.gsu.cs.dmlab.datatypes.interfaces.IBaseTemporalObject

baseTemporalComparator

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
BaseTemporalObject()
BaseTemporalObject(org.joda.time.Interval timePeriod)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compareTime(IBaseTemporalObject baseDataType)	Compares the valid time of another IBaseDataType to this object's valid time.
org.joda.time.Interval	getTimePeriod()	Returns the time period that the object is valid for
UUID	getUUID()	Returns a unique identifier for this object inside this program.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

timePeriod

protected org.joda.time.Interval timePeriod

Constructor Detail

BaseTemporalObject

public BaseTemporalObject()

BaseTemporalObject

public BaseTemporalObject(org.joda.time.Interval timePeriod)

Method Detail

getTimePeriod

public org.joda.time.Interval getTimePeriod()

Description copied from interface: IBaseTemporalObject

Returns the time period that the object is valid for

Specified by:

getTimePeriod in interface IBaseTemporalObject

Returns:

The interval over which the data type is valid.

compareTime

public int compareTime(IBaseTemporalObject baseDataType)

Description copied from interface: IBaseTemporalObject

Compares the valid time of another IBaseDataType to this object's valid time.

Specified by:

compareTime in interface IBaseTemporalObject

Parameters:

baseDataType - The object to compare against this object.

Returns:

a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the passed in object is less than, equal to, or greater than this object.

getUUID

public UUID getUUID()

Description copied from interface: IBaseTemporalObject

Returns a unique identifier for this object inside this program. This was added for use in caching because different event types may contain identifiers in the ID that overlap from one event type to the next. This is so we can uniquely identify this particular object when caching such things as image parameters.

Specified by:

getUUID in interface IBaseTemporalObject

Returns:

A unique identifier for this object inside this program.