hla.rti
Interface LogicalTimeIntervalFactory

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DoubleValuedLogicalTimeIntervalFactory, LongValuedLogicalTimeIntervalFactory

public interface LogicalTimeIntervalFactory

extends java.io.Serializable

A factory for LogicalTimeIntervals.

Author:

DMSO

Method Summary

LogicalTimeInterval	decode(byte[] buffer, int offset) Decodes a logical time interval stored within the specified buffer, returning a corresponding new LogicalTimeInterval.
LogicalTimeInterval	makeEpsilon() Creates and returns an epsilon-length logical time interval.
LogicalTimeInterval	makeZero() Creates and returns a zero-length logical time interval.

Method Detail

decode

public LogicalTimeInterval decode(byte[] buffer,
                                  int offset)
                           throws CouldNotDecode

Decodes a logical time interval stored within the specified buffer, returning a corresponding new LogicalTimeInterval.

Parameters:

buffer - the buffer containing the encoded interval

offset - the offset within the buffer at which the encoded interval is stored

Returns:

a new LogicalTimeInterval corresponding to the encoded interval

Throws:

CouldNotDecode - if the time interval could not be decoded

makeZero

public LogicalTimeInterval makeZero()

Creates and returns a zero-length logical time interval.

Returns:

a new zero-length LogicalTimeInterval

makeEpsilon

public LogicalTimeInterval makeEpsilon()

Creates and returns an epsilon-length logical time interval.

Returns:

a new epsilon-length LogicalTimeInterval