public TimeInstant cloneInstance() {
TimeInstant clone = new TimeInstant();
clone.timeMode = timeMode;
clone.intervalType = intervalType;
clone.firstMonthOfYear = firstMonthOfYear;
if (timeAmount != null) clone.timeAmount = timeAmount.cloneInstance();
return clone;
}
/**
* Parses a time instant expression.
*
* @param timeInstantExpr A valid time instant expression (<i>see TimeInstant class javadoc</i>)
* @return A TimeInstant instance
* @throws IllegalArgumentException If the expression is not valid
*/
public static TimeInstant parse(String timeInstantExpr) {
if (timeInstantExpr == null || timeInstantExpr.length() == 0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Empty time instant expression");
}
TimeInstant instant = new TimeInstant();
String expr = timeInstantExpr.toLowerCase().trim();
// now + time amount (optional)
boolean begin = expr.startsWith("begin");
boolean end = expr.startsWith("end");
if (!begin && !end) {
if (expr.startsWith("now")) {
instant.setTimeMode(TimeMode.NOW);
if (expr.length() > 3) {
instant.setTimeAmount(TimeAmount.parse(expr.substring(3)));
}
} else {
instant.setTimeMode(null);
instant.setTimeAmount(TimeAmount.parse(expr));
}
return instant;
}
// begin/end modes
instant.setTimeMode(begin ? TimeMode.BEGIN : TimeMode.END);
// Look for braces limits "begin[year March]"
String example = begin ? "begin[year March]" : "end[year March]";
int bracesBegin = expr.indexOf('[');
int bracesEnd = expr.indexOf(']');
if (bracesBegin == -1 || bracesEnd == -1 || bracesBegin >= bracesEnd) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"Missing braces (ex '" + example + "'): " + timeInstantExpr);
}
// Interval type
String[] intervalTerms = expr.substring(bracesBegin + 1, bracesEnd).split("\\s+");
if (intervalTerms.length > 2) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"Too many settings (ex '" + example + "'): " + timeInstantExpr);
}
instant.setIntervalType(DateIntervalType.getByName(intervalTerms[0]));
if (instant.getIntervalType() == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"Invalid interval (ex '" + example + "'): " + timeInstantExpr);
}
// First month of year
if (intervalTerms.length == 2) {
instant.setFirstMonthOfYear(Month.getByName(intervalTerms[1]));
if (instant.getFirstMonthOfYear() == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"Invalid first year month (ex '" + example + "'): " + timeInstantExpr);
}
}
// Time amount
if (bracesEnd < expr.length()) {
expr = expr.substring(bracesEnd + 1).trim();
if (!expr.isEmpty()) {
TimeAmount timeAmount = TimeAmount.parse(expr);
instant.setTimeAmount(timeAmount);
}
}
return instant;
}