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/*
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* Copyright (C) 2008-2009, International Business Machines Corporation and
* others. All Rights Reserved.
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*
* File DTINTRV.H 
*
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*/

#ifndef __DTINTRV_H__
#define __DTINTRV_H__

#include "unicode/utypes.h"
#include "unicode/uobject.h"

/**
 * \file
 * \brief C++ API: Date Interval data type
 */

U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

/**
 * This class represents a date interval.
 * It is a pair of UDate representing from UDate 1 to UDate 2.
 * @stable ICU 4.0
**/
class U_COMMON_API DateInterval : public UObject {
public:

/** 
     * Construct a DateInterval given a from date and a to date.
     * @param fromDate  The from date in date interval.
     * @param toDate    The to date in date interval.
     * @stable ICU 4.0
     */
    DateInterval(UDate fromDate, UDate toDate);

/**
     * destructor
     * @stable ICU 4.0
     */
    virtual ~DateInterval();
 
    /** 
     * Get the from date.
     * @return  the from date in dateInterval.
     * @stable ICU 4.0
     */
    UDate getFromDate() const;

/** 
     * Get the to date.
     * @return  the to date in dateInterval.
     * @stable ICU 4.0
     */
    UDate getToDate() const;

/**
     * Return the class ID for this class. This is useful only for comparing to
     * a return value from getDynamicClassID(). For example:
     * <pre>
     * .   Base* polymorphic_pointer = createPolymorphicObject();
     * .   if (polymorphic_pointer->getDynamicClassID() ==
     * .       erived::getStaticClassID()) ...
     * </pre>
     * @return          The class ID for all objects of this class.
     * @stable ICU 4.0
     */
    static UClassID U_EXPORT2 getStaticClassID(void);

/**
     * Returns a unique class ID POLYMORPHICALLY. Pure virtual override. This
     * method is to implement a simple version of RTTI, since not all C++
     * compilers support genuine RTTI. Polymorphic operator==() and clone()
     * methods call this method.
     *
     * @return          The class ID for this object. All objects of a
     *                  given class have the same class ID.  Objects of
     *                  other classes have different class IDs.
     * @stable ICU 4.0
     */
    virtual UClassID getDynamicClassID(void) const;

/**
     * Copy constructor.
     * @stable ICU 4.0
     */
    DateInterval(const DateInterval& other);

/**
     * Default assignment operator
     * @stable ICU 4.0
     */
    DateInterval& operator=(const DateInterval&);

/**
     * Equality operator.
     * @return TRUE if the two DateIntervals are the same
     * @stable ICU 4.0
     */
    virtual UBool operator==(const DateInterval& other) const;

/**
     * Non-equality operator
     * @return TRUE if the two DateIntervals are not the same
     * @stable ICU 4.0
     */
    UBool operator!=(const DateInterval& other) const;

/**
     * clone this object. 
     * The caller owns the result and should delete it when done.
     * @return a cloned DateInterval
     * @stable ICU 4.0
     */
     virtual DateInterval* clone() const;

private:
    /** 
     * Default constructor, not implemented.
     */
    DateInterval();

UDate fromDate;
    UDate toDate;

} ;// end class DateInterval

inline UDate 
DateInterval::getFromDate() const { 
    return fromDate; 
}

inline UDate 
DateInterval::getToDate() const { 
    return toDate; 
}

inline UBool 
DateInterval::operator!=(const DateInterval& other) const { 
    return ( !operator==(other) );
}

U_NAMESPACE_END

#endif