com.ibm.icu.text

Class DurationFormat

java.lang.Object

java.text.Format

com.ibm.icu.text.UFormat

com.ibm.icu.text.DurationFormat

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

Deprecated.

ICU 56 Use MeasureFormat or RelativeDateTimeFormatter instead.

@Deprecated
public abstract class DurationFormat
extends UFormat

This deprecated class implements a formatter over a duration in time such as "2 days from now" or "3 hours ago".

Use MeasureFormat to format periods like "5 days, 3 hours"; use RelativeDateTimeFormatter to format relative dates like "5 days ago".

See Also:

MeasureFormat, RelativeDateTimeFormatter, Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.ibm.icu.text.UFormat

UFormat.SpanField

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.text.Format

Format.Field

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	DurationFormat() Deprecated. This API is ICU internal only.
protected	DurationFormat(ULocale locale) Deprecated. This API is ICU internal only.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract StringBuffer	format(Object object, StringBuffer toAppend, FieldPosition pos) Deprecated. ICU 56
abstract String	formatDurationFrom(long duration, long referenceDate) Deprecated. ICU 56
abstract String	formatDurationFromNow(long duration) Deprecated. ICU 56
abstract String	formatDurationFromNowTo(Date targetDate) Deprecated. ICU 56
static DurationFormat	getInstance(ULocale locale) Deprecated. ICU 56
Object	parseObject(String source, ParsePosition pos) Deprecated. ICU 56

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.icu.text.UFormat

getLocale

Methods inherited from class java.text.Format

clone, format, formatToCharacterIterator, parseObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DurationFormat

@Deprecated
protected DurationFormat()

Deprecated. This API is ICU internal only.

Subclass interface

Status:

Internal. This API is ICU internal only.

DurationFormat

@Deprecated
protected DurationFormat(ULocale locale)

Deprecated. This API is ICU internal only.

Subclass interface

Status:

Internal. This API is ICU internal only.

Method Detail

getInstance

@Deprecated
public static DurationFormat getInstance(ULocale locale)

Deprecated. ICU 56

Construct a duration format for the specified locale

format

@Deprecated
public abstract StringBuffer format(Object object,
                                                StringBuffer toAppend,
                                                FieldPosition pos)

Deprecated. ICU 56

Format an arbitrary object. Defaults to a call to formatDurationFromNow() for either Long or Date objects.

Specified by:

format in class Format

Parameters:

object - the object to format. Should be either a Long, Date, or javax.xml.datatype.Duration object.

toAppend - the buffer to append to

pos - the field position, may contain additional error messages.

Returns:

the toAppend buffer

parseObject

@Deprecated
public Object parseObject(String source,
                                      ParsePosition pos)

Deprecated. ICU 56

DurationFormat cannot parse, by default. This method will throw an UnsupportedOperationException.

Specified by:

parseObject in class Format

formatDurationFromNowTo

@Deprecated
public abstract String formatDurationFromNowTo(Date targetDate)

Deprecated. ICU 56

Formats the duration between now and a target date.

This is a convenience method that calls formatDurationFrom(long, long) using now as the reference date, and the difference between now and targetDate.getTime() as the duration.

Parameters:

targetDate - the ending date

Returns:

the formatted time

formatDurationFromNow

@Deprecated
public abstract String formatDurationFromNow(long duration)

Deprecated. ICU 56

Formats a duration expressed in milliseconds.

This is a convenience method that calls formatDurationFrom using the current system time as the reference date.

Parameters:

duration - the duration in milliseconds

Returns:

the formatted time

formatDurationFrom

@Deprecated
public abstract String formatDurationFrom(long duration,
                                                      long referenceDate)

Deprecated. ICU 56

Formats a duration expressed in milliseconds from a reference date.

The reference date allows formatters to use actual durations of variable-length periods (like months) if they wish.

The duration is expressed as the number of milliseconds in the past (negative values) or future (positive values) with respect to a reference date (expressed as milliseconds in epoch).

Parameters:

duration - the duration in milliseconds

referenceDate - the date from which to compute the duration

Returns:

the formatted time