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package org.eclipse.persistence.tools.workbench.test.models.employee; | |
import java.io.Serializable; | |
import java.io.StringWriter; | |
import java.sql.Date; | |
/** | |
* <p><b>Purpose</b>: Defines the period an Employee worked for the organization | |
* <p><b>Description</b>: The period holds the start date and optionally the end date if the employee has left (null otherwise). | |
* Maintained in an aggregate relationship of Employee | |
* @see Employee | |
*/ | |
public class EmploymentPeriod implements Serializable { | |
public Date startDate; | |
public Date endDate; | |
public EmploymentPeriod() {} | |
/** | |
* Return a new employment period instance. | |
* The constructor's purpose is to allow only valid instances of a class to be created. | |
* Valid means that the get/set and clone/toString methods should work on the instance. | |
* Arguments to constructors should be avoided unless those arguments are required to put | |
* the instance into a valid state, or represent the entire instance definition. | |
*/ | |
public EmploymentPeriod(Date startDate, Date endDate) | |
{ | |
this.startDate = startDate; | |
this.endDate = endDate; | |
} | |
public Date getEndDate() | |
{ | |
return endDate; | |
} | |
public Date getStartDate() | |
{ | |
return startDate; | |
} | |
public void setEndDate(Date endDate) | |
{ | |
this.endDate = endDate; | |
} | |
public void setStartDate(Date startDate) | |
{ | |
this.startDate = startDate; | |
} | |
/** | |
* Print the start & end date | |
*/ | |
@Override | |
public String toString() | |
{ | |
StringWriter writer = new StringWriter(); | |
writer.write("EmploymentPeriod: "); | |
if (getStartDate() != null) { | |
writer.write(getStartDate().toString()); | |
} | |
writer.write("-"); | |
if (getEndDate() != null) { | |
writer.write(getEndDate().toString()); | |
} | |
return writer.toString(); | |
} | |
} |