Java TimeUnit Calculate createEquidistantDates(Calendar reference, final int periods, final TimeUnit sampleUnit, final int sampleRate, Calendar calendar)

Description

create Equidistant Dates

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Calendar[] createEquidistantDates(Calendar reference,
            final int periods, final TimeUnit sampleUnit,
            final int sampleRate, Calendar calendar) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2009 Lifeform Software.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors://ww w.  jav a2  s .c o m
 *     Ernan Hughes - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/

import java.util.Calendar;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class Main {
    public static Calendar[] createEquidistantDates(Calendar reference,
            final int periods, final TimeUnit sampleUnit,
            final int sampleRate, Calendar calendar) {

        if (reference == null) {
            reference = Calendar.getInstance();
        }
        assert (periods < 0) : "Number of periods must be "
                + "nonnegative.\n" + "periods: " + periods;
        assert (sampleRate == 0) : "Sample rate must not be 0.";
        if (calendar == null) {
            calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        }
        Calendar[] dates = new Calendar[periods + 1];
        calendar.setLenient(true);
        int field = 0;
        dates[0] = reference;
        for (int i = 1; i <= periods; i++) {
            calendar.add(field, sampleRate);
            dates[i] = calendar;
        }
        return dates;
    }
}

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