gauss
Class Taarich

java.lang.Object
  gauss.Taarich

public class Taarich
extends Object

An instance of the class Taarich represents an Hebrew date.

Version:

$Id: Taarich.java,v 1.39 2003/08/16 08:06:17 rl Exp $

Author:

Zvi Har’El

See Also:

Class source code

Field Summary

private int	d Hebrew day-of-the-month.
static String[]	hmonths The Hebrew months names, as UNICODE Hebrew character strings.
private int	m Hebrew month.
static String[]	months The Hebrew month names in Latin transliteration.
private int	y Hebrew year.

Constructor Summary

Taarich(int d, int m, int y)
Create a Taarich object representing the Hebrew equivalent of a given Gregorian date.

Method Summary

static void	main(String[] args) Read the command line arguments, construct a Taarich object and print it.
String	toHebrew() Return a Hebrew date as a UNICODE Hebrew character string.
String	toString() Return a Hebrew date in Latin transliteration as a character string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

d

private int d

Hebrew day-of-the-month.

m

private int m

Hebrew month. The months are counted from Nisan, Adar being the twelveth. In a leap year, we denote the two Adars by 13 and 14.

y

private int y

Hebrew year.

hmonths

public static final String[] hmonths

The Hebrew months names, as UNICODE Hebrew character strings.

months

public static final String[] months

The Hebrew month names in Latin transliteration.

Constructor Detail

Taarich

public Taarich(int d,
               int m,
               int y)

Create a Taarich object representing the Hebrew equivalent of a given Gregorian date. Dates before 15 October 1582 are considered Julean.

Parameters:

d - the Gregorian day-of-the-month

m - the Gregorian month

y - the Gregorian year. The year Y BC is referred to as -Y+1.

Method Detail

main

public static void main(String[] args)

Read the command line arguments, construct a Taarich object and print it.

Synopsys:

        java [-Dhebrew] gauss.Taarich [date month year]
 

If no arguments are given, the current date is used, with the Hebrew date incremented after 18:00 local time.

Parameters:

args - the arguments.

Throws:

Error - if there is an argument mismatch.

toHebrew

public String toHebrew()

Return a Hebrew date as a UNICODE Hebrew character string.

toString

public String toString()

Return a Hebrew date in Latin transliteration as a character string.

Overrides:

toString in class Object