com.groiss.timer

Class ScheduleInfo

java.lang.Object

com.groiss.timer.ScheduleInfo

public class ScheduleInfo
extends Object

Define a schedule in a cron-like syntax.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ScheduleInfo(String pattern, Date firsttime) Create the schedule info object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Date	getNextRun() Compute the next run of this schedule.
Date	getNextRun(Date date) Compute the next run of this schedule.
void	setFirstTime(Date firsttime) Set the start time of the schedule.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ScheduleInfo

public ScheduleInfo(String pattern,
                    Date firsttime)

Create the schedule info object.

Parameters:

pattern - a pattern in cron-syntax (see system adminstration guide, section Timer, for details) or an integer (as String object) defining the interval in seconds.

firsttime - the start of the schedule (may be null).

Method Detail

setFirstTime

public void setFirstTime(Date firsttime)

Set the start time of the schedule.

Parameters:

firsttime - a date object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getNextRun

public Date getNextRun()

Compute the next run of this schedule. Calls getNextRun(Date) with the current date.

Returns:

the next schedule match, null if no schedule defined

getNextRun

public Date getNextRun(Date date)

Compute the next run of this schedule. It returns the first match of the pattern after timestamp x, where x is: If firsttime is not set or in past, use the argument date, else use firsttime.

Parameters:

date - a date object

Returns:

the next schedule match, null if no schedule defined