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package org.joda.time.base;

BaseLocal is an abstract implementation of ReadablePartial that
use a local milliseconds internal representation.
 This class should generally not be used directly by API users. The ReadablePartial interface should be used when different kinds of partial objects are to be referenced. 

BasePartial subclasses may be mutable and not thread-safe.
Author:
Stephen Colebourne
Since:
1.5/**
 * 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 /** 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.

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).
/**
     * 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).

This method is useful in certain circumstances for high performance
access to the datetime fields.
Returns:
the number of milliseconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00/**
     * 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();

}