[icu-support] ICU4J Calendar API

[Steven R. L. <sr...@ic...>]

[please reply to icu-design]

Rationale: These are required for proper implementation of the  
Japanese calendar. (bug 5345) They are already present on the C side.
Expires:  Wed, Aug 30, 2006



     /**
      * Subclasses may override this.
      * Called by handleComputeJulianDay.  Returns the default month  
(0-based) for the year,
      * taking year and era into account.  Defaults to 0 (JANUARY)  
for Gregorian.
      * @parameter extendedYear the extendedYear, as returned by  
handleGetExtendedYear
      * @return the default month
      * @provisional ICU 3.6
      * @see #MONTH
      */
     protected int getDefaultMonthInYear(int extendedYear) {
         return Calendar.JANUARY;
     }

     /**
      * Subclasses may override this.
      * Called by handleComputeJulianDay.  Returns the default day (1- 
based) for the month,
      * taking currently-set year and era into account.  Defaults to  
1 for Gregorian.
      * @parameter extendedYear the extendedYear, as returned by  
handleGetExtendedYear
      * @parameter month the month, as returned by getDefaultMonthInYear
      * @return the default day of the month
      * @provisional ICU 3.6
      * @see #DAY_OF_MONTH
      */
     protected int getDefaultDayInMonth(int extendedYear, int month) {
         return 1;
     }



Steven R. Loomis * sr...@ic...
http://ibm.com/software/globalization/icu


Steven R. Loomis * sr...@ic...
http://ibm.com/software/globalization/icu