com.ibm.icu.util

Class Holiday

java.lang.Object

com.ibm.icu.util.Holiday

All Implemented Interfaces:

DateRule

Direct Known Subclasses:

EasterHoliday, HebrewHoliday, SimpleHoliday

public abstract class Holiday
extends Object
implements DateRule

Note: The Holiday framework is a technology preview. Despite its age, is still draft API, and clients should treat it as such. An abstract class representing a holiday.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	Holiday(String name, DateRule rule) Construct a new Holiday object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Date	firstAfter(Date start) Return the first occurrence of this holiday on or after the given date
Date	firstBetween(Date start, Date end) Return the first occurrence of this holiday that is on or after the given start date and before the given end date.
String	getDisplayName() Return the name of this holiday in the language of the default DISPLAY locale.
String	getDisplayName(Locale locale) Return the name of this holiday in the language of the specified locale.
String	getDisplayName(ULocale locale) Return the name of this holiday in the language of the specified locale The name parameter passed to this object's constructor is used as a key to look up the holiday's localized name in a ResourceBundle object named HolidayBundle.
static Holiday[]	getHolidays()
static Holiday[]	getHolidays(Locale locale)
static Holiday[]	getHolidays(ULocale locale)
DateRule	getRule()
boolean	isBetween(Date start, Date end) Check whether this holiday occurs at least once between the two dates given.
boolean	isOn(Date date) Checks whether this holiday falls on the given date.
void	setRule(DateRule rule)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Holiday

protected Holiday(String name,
                  DateRule rule)

Construct a new Holiday object. This is for use by subclasses only. This constructs a new holiday with the given name and date rules.

Parameters:

name - The name of this holiday. The getDisplayName method uses this string as a key to look up the holiday's name a resource bundle object named HolidayBundle.

rule - The date rules used for determining when this holiday falls. Holiday's implementation of the DateRule interface simply delegates to this DateRule object.

Method Detail

getHolidays

public static Holiday[] getHolidays()

getHolidays

public static Holiday[] getHolidays(Locale locale)

getHolidays

public static Holiday[] getHolidays(ULocale locale)

firstAfter

public Date firstAfter(Date start)

Return the first occurrence of this holiday on or after the given date

Specified by:

firstAfter in interface DateRule

Parameters:

start - Only holidays on or after this date are returned.

Returns:

The date on which this holiday occurs, or null if it does not occur on or after the start date.

See Also:

firstBetween(java.util.Date, java.util.Date)

firstBetween

public Date firstBetween(Date start,
                         Date end)

Return the first occurrence of this holiday that is on or after the given start date and before the given end date.

Specified by:

firstBetween in interface DateRule

Parameters:

start - Only occurrences on or after this date are returned.

end - Only occurrences before this date are returned.

Returns:

The date on which this event occurs, or null if it does not occur between the start and end dates.

See Also:

firstAfter(java.util.Date)

isOn

public boolean isOn(Date date)

Checks whether this holiday falls on the given date. This does not take time of day into account; instead it checks whether the holiday and the given date are on the same day.

Specified by:

isOn in interface DateRule

Parameters:

date - The date to check.

Returns:

true if this holiday occurs on the given date.

isBetween

public boolean isBetween(Date start,
                         Date end)

Check whether this holiday occurs at least once between the two dates given.

Specified by:

isBetween in interface DateRule

getDisplayName

public String getDisplayName()

Return the name of this holiday in the language of the default DISPLAY locale.

See Also:

ULocale.Category.DISPLAY

getDisplayName

public String getDisplayName(Locale locale)

Return the name of this holiday in the language of the specified locale. The name parameter passed to this object's constructor is used as a key to look up the holiday's localized name in a ResourceBundle object named HolidayBundle.

Parameters:

locale - A locale specifying the language in which the name is desired.

See Also:

ResourceBundle

getDisplayName

public String getDisplayName(ULocale locale)

Return the name of this holiday in the language of the specified locale The name parameter passed to this object's constructor is used as a key to look up the holiday's localized name in a ResourceBundle object named HolidayBundle.

Parameters:

locale - A locale specifying the language in which the name is desired.

See Also:

ResourceBundle

getRule

public DateRule getRule()

setRule

public void setRule(DateRule rule)