/*************************************************************************
/* Time.java -- Wrapper around java.util.Date
/*
/* Copyright (c) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
/* Written by Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
/*
/* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
/* it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published 
/* by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
/* (at your option) any later verion.
/*
/* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
/* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
/* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
/* GNU Library General Public License for more details.
/*
/* You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
/* along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation
/* Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA
/*************************************************************************/

package java.sql;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

/**
  * This class is a wrapper around java.util.Date to allow the JDBC
  * driver to identify the value as a SQL Time.
  *
  * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
  */
public class Time extends java.util.Date implements java.io.Serializable
{

/*
 * Class Variables
 */

/**
  * Used for parsing and formatting this date.
  */
private static SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");

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/*
 * Class Methods
 */

/**
  * This method returns a new instance of this class by parsing a
  * date in JDBC format into a Java date.
  *
  * @param str The string to parse.
  *
  * @return The resulting <code>java.sql.Time</code> value. 
  */
public static Time
valueOf(String str)
{
  try
    {
      java.util.Date d = (java.util.Date)sdf.parseObject(str);
      return(new Time(d.getTime()));
    }
  catch(Exception e)
    {
      return(null);
    }
}

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/*
 * Constructors
 */

/**
  * This method initializes a new instance of this class with the
  * specified year, month, and day.
  *
  * @param hour The hour for this Time (0-23)
  * @param minute The minute for this time (0-59)
  * @param second The second for this time (0-59)
  *
  * @deprecated
  */
public 
Time(int hour, int minute, int second)
{
  super(System.currentTimeMillis());

  setHours(hour);
  setMinutes(minute);
  setSeconds(second);
}

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/**
  * This method initializes a new instance of this class with the
  * specified time value representing the number of seconds since 
  * Jan 1, 1970 at 12:00 midnight GMT.
  *
  * @param time The time value to intialize this <code>Time</code> to.
  */
public
Time(long date)
{
  super(date);
}

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/*
 * Instance Methods
 */

/**
  * This method returns this date in JDBC format.
  *
  * @return This date as a string.
  */
public String
toString()
{
  return(sdf.format(this));
}

} // class Time