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package java.time.chrono;

import java.time.DateTimeException;

An era in the ISO calendar system.

The ISO-8601 standard does not define eras. A definition has therefore been created with two eras - 'Current era' (CE) for years on or after 0001-01-01 (ISO), and 'Before current era' (BCE) for years before that.

ISO years and eras
year-of-era era proleptic-year
2CE2
1CE1
1BCE0
2BCE-1

Do not use ordinal() to obtain the numeric representation of IsoEra. Use getValue() instead.

Implementation Requirements: This is an immutable and thread-safe enum.
Since:1.8
/** * An era in the ISO calendar system. * <p> * The ISO-8601 standard does not define eras. * A definition has therefore been created with two eras - 'Current era' (CE) for * years on or after 0001-01-01 (ISO), and 'Before current era' (BCE) for years before that. * * <table class="striped" style="text-align:left"> * <caption style="display:none">ISO years and eras</caption> * <thead> * <tr> * <th scope="col">year-of-era</th> * <th scope="col">era</th> * <th scope="col">proleptic-year</th> * </tr> * </thead> * <tbody> * <tr> * <td>2</td><td>CE</td><th scope="row">2</th> * </tr> * <tr> * <td>1</td><td>CE</td><th scope="row">1</th> * </tr> * <tr> * <td>1</td><td>BCE</td><th scope="row">0</th> * </tr> * <tr> * <td>2</td><td>BCE</td><th scope="row">-1</th> * </tr> * </tbody> * </table> * <p> * <b>Do not use {@code ordinal()} to obtain the numeric representation of {@code IsoEra}. * Use {@code getValue()} instead.</b> * * @implSpec * This is an immutable and thread-safe enum. * * @since 1.8 */
public enum IsoEra implements Era {
The singleton instance for the era before the current one, 'Before Current Era', which has the numeric value 0.
/** * The singleton instance for the era before the current one, 'Before Current Era', * which has the numeric value 0. */
BCE,
The singleton instance for the current era, 'Current Era', which has the numeric value 1.
/** * The singleton instance for the current era, 'Current Era', * which has the numeric value 1. */
CE; //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Obtains an instance of IsoEra from an int value.

IsoEra is an enum representing the ISO eras of BCE/CE. This factory allows the enum to be obtained from the int value.

Params:
  • isoEra – the BCE/CE value to represent, from 0 (BCE) to 1 (CE)
Throws:
Returns:the era singleton, not null
/** * Obtains an instance of {@code IsoEra} from an {@code int} value. * <p> * {@code IsoEra} is an enum representing the ISO eras of BCE/CE. * This factory allows the enum to be obtained from the {@code int} value. * * @param isoEra the BCE/CE value to represent, from 0 (BCE) to 1 (CE) * @return the era singleton, not null * @throws DateTimeException if the value is invalid */
public static IsoEra of(int isoEra) { switch (isoEra) { case 0: return BCE; case 1: return CE; default: throw new DateTimeException("Invalid era: " + isoEra); } } //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Gets the numeric era int value.

The era BCE has the value 0, while the era CE has the value 1.

Returns:the era value, from 0 (BCE) to 1 (CE)
/** * Gets the numeric era {@code int} value. * <p> * The era BCE has the value 0, while the era CE has the value 1. * * @return the era value, from 0 (BCE) to 1 (CE) */
@Override public int getValue() { return ordinal(); } }