org.italiangrid.voms.util

Class TimeUtils

java.lang.Object

org.italiangrid.voms.util.TimeUtils

public class TimeUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Time utilities.

Author:

cecco

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	checkTimeInRangeWithSkew(java.util.Date timeToCheck, java.util.Date startDate, java.util.Date endDate, int skewInMinutes) Checks that a date falls in the interval allowing for a certain clock skew expressed in minutes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

checkTimeInRangeWithSkew

public static boolean checkTimeInRangeWithSkew(java.util.Date timeToCheck,
                                               java.util.Date startDate,
                                               java.util.Date endDate,
                                               int skewInMinutes)

Checks that a date falls in the interval allowing for a certain clock skew expressed in minutes. The interval defined by (startDate, endDate) is modified to be (startDate - skewInMinutes, endDate + skewInMinutes).

Parameters:

timeToCheck - the time to be checked

startDate - the start date of the time range

endDate - the end date of the time range

skewInMinutes - the clock skew in minutes to take into account

Returns:

true, if the time is in the given range, false otherwise

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if passed an illegal time range