org.apache.excalibur.source.impl.validity
Class ExpiresValidity

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.excalibur.source.impl.validity.ExpiresValidity

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, SourceValidity

public final class ExpiresValidity

extends java.lang.Object

implements SourceValidity

A validation object that holds an expiration date. When the defined time/date has arrived, this validity object is not valid any more.

Version:

CVS $Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2004/02/28 11:47:17 $

Author:

Avalon Development Team

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.excalibur.source.SourceValidity

INVALID, UNKNOWN, UNKNWON, VALID

Constructor Summary

ExpiresValidity(long expires)
Constructor

Method Summary

int	isValid() Checks if the expires date is already reached.
int	isValid(SourceValidity newValidity) This method is never invoked as isValid() can always perform the complete check.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ExpiresValidity

public ExpiresValidity(long expires)

Constructor

Parameters:

expires - The delta from now when this validity object gets invalid.

Method Detail

isValid

public int isValid()

Checks if the expires date is already reached.

Specified by:

isValid in interface SourceValidity

See Also:

SourceValidity.isValid()

isValid

public int isValid(SourceValidity newValidity)

This method is never invoked as isValid() can always perform the complete check.

Specified by:

isValid in interface SourceValidity

Returns:

-1 is returned, if the validity object is not valid anymore +1 is returned, if the validity object is still valid 0 is returned, if the validity check could not be performed. In this case, the new validity object is not usable. Examples for this are: when the validity objects have different types, or when one validity object for any reason is not able to get the required information.

See Also:

SourceValidity.isValid(SourceValidity)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

See Also:

Object.toString()