net.sf.mmm.util.date.api

Interface DurationUtil

All Known Implementing Classes:

DurationUtilImpl

public interface DurationUtil

This is a collection of utility functions for dealing with time and durations.

Since:

4.0.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	formatMilliseconds(long millis) This method formats the given milliseconds as a human readable String.
String	formatNanoseconds(long nanos) This method formats the given nanoseconds as a human readable String.
String	formatSeconds(long seconds) This method formats the given seconds as a human readable String.

Method Detail

formatNanoseconds

String formatNanoseconds(long nanos)

This method formats the given nanoseconds as a human readable String.

nanos	formatNanoseconds(nanos)
1	"0.000000001"
61000000000	"1:01"
7141123456789"	"1:59:01.123456789"
1234567890123456"	"14D06:47:07.890123456"

Parameters:

nanos - is a duration in nanoseconds.

Returns:

a human readable duration.

formatMilliseconds

String formatMilliseconds(long millis)

This method formats the given milliseconds as a human readable String.

millis	formatMilliseconds(millis)
1	"0.001"
61000	"1:01"
7141123"	"1:59:01.123"
1234567890"	"14D06:47:07.890"

Parameters:

millis - is a duration in milliseconds.

Returns:

a human readable duration.

formatSeconds

String formatSeconds(long seconds)

This method formats the given seconds as a human readable String.

seconds	formatSeconds(seconds)
1	"1"
61	"1:01"
7141"	"1:59:01"
1234567"	"14D06:56:07"

Parameters:

seconds - is a duration in seconds.

Returns:

a human readable duration.