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package com.google.ical.values;
/**
* a half-open range of {@link DateValue}s. The start is inclusive, and the
* end is exclusive. The end must be on or after the start. When the start and
* end are the same, the period is zero width, i.e. contains zero seconds.
*
* @author [email protected] (Mike Samuel)
*/
public interface PeriodValue {
/**
* the start of the period.
* @return non null.
*/
DateValue start();
/**
* the end of the period.
* The end must be >= {@link #start()}, and
* (start() instanceof {@link TimeValue}) ==
* (end() instanceof TimeValue).
* @return non null.
*/
DateValue end();
/**
* true iff this period overlaps the given period.
* @param pv not null.
*/
boolean intersects(PeriodValue pv);
/**
* true iff this period completely contains the given period.
* @param pv not null.
*/
boolean contains(PeriodValue pv);
} // PeriodValue