/*
* Copyright 2001-2013 Stephen Colebourne
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
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*/
package org.joda.time.base;
/**
* BaseLocal is an abstract implementation of ReadablePartial that
* use a local milliseconds internal representation.
* <p>
* This class should generally not be used directly by API users.
* The {@link org.joda.time.ReadablePartial} interface should be used when different
* kinds of partial objects are to be referenced.
* <p>
* BasePartial subclasses may be mutable and not thread-safe.
*
* @author Stephen Colebourne
* @since 1.5
*/
public abstract class BaseLocal
extends AbstractPartial {
/** Serialization version */
@SuppressWarnings("unused")
private static final long serialVersionUID = 276453175381783L;
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Constructs a partial with the current time, using ISOChronology in
* the default zone to extract the fields.
* <p>
* The constructor uses the default time zone, resulting in the local time
* being initialised. Once the constructor is complete, all further calculations
* are performed without reference to a timezone (by switching to UTC).
*/
protected BaseLocal() {
super();
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Gets the local milliseconds from the Java epoch
* of 1970-01-01T00:00:00 (not fixed to any specific time zone).
* <p>
* This method is useful in certain circumstances for high performance
* access to the datetime fields.
*
* @return the number of milliseconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00
*/
protected abstract long getLocalMillis();
}