001    /*
002     * Copyright (C) 2008-2010 by Holger Arndt
003     *
004     * This file is part of the Universal Java Matrix Package (UJMP).
005     * See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional
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009     * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
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022     */
023    
024    package org.ujmp.core.datematrix;
025    
026    import java.util.Date;
027    
028    import org.ujmp.core.exceptions.MatrixException;
029    import org.ujmp.core.genericmatrix.GenericMatrix;
030    
031    public interface DateMatrix extends GenericMatrix<Date> {
032    
033            public static final Date DATE0 = new Date(0);
034    
035            /**
036             * Returns a Date representation of an entry in the matrix. The stored value
037             * will be converted to a Date object as good as possible.
038             * 
039             * @param coordinates
040             *            location of the entry
041             * @return a String representation of the entry
042             * @throws MatrixException
043             */
044            public Date getDate(long... coordinates) throws MatrixException;
045    
046            /**
047             * Sets an entry in the matrix to a Date value. If the matrix cannot store
048             * Date objects, the value will be represented as good as possible.
049             * 
050             * @param value
051             *            Date object to store
052             * @param coordinates
053             *            location of the entry
054             * @throws MatrixException
055             */
056            public void setDate(Date date, long... coordinates) throws MatrixException;
057    
058    }