/**
*  SFTimeUtility.
*  <P>
*  This class translate times from Java Time to SFTime and vice versa.                                                      T
*  <P>
*  Freeware, no liabilities assumed or implied.
* <P>
*  Not for use in mission critical environment.
* <P>
*  Copyright Finlayson Consulting 1997.  All rights reserved.
*  @version 0.4
*  @author Ross A. Finlayson
*  @author <A HREF="http://www.tomco.net/~raf/vrmlgroup">FC VRML Group</A>
*/
import vrml.*;
import vrml.field.*;
import vrml.node.*;

// SFTime Utility

public class SFTimeUtility extends Object
   {
   
   /**
   * This method returns the current system time as a new ConstSFTime.
   * @return ConstSFTime constsftimenow
   */
   public static final ConstSFTime getConstSFTimeNow()
      {
      long timenow=System.currentTimeMillis();
      double sftimenow = (double)(timenow/1000);
      ConstSFTime sftime=new ConstSFTime(sftimenow);
      return sftime;
      }
   
   /**
   * This method returns the current system time as a new SFTime.
   * @return SFTime sftimenow
   */
   public static final SFTime getSFTimeNow()
      {
      long timenow=System.currentTimeMillis();
      double sftimenow = (double)(timenow/1000);
      SFTime sftime=new SFTime(sftimenow);
      return sftime;
      }
   
   /**
   * This method returns the current system time as a new double.
   * @return double sftimenow
   */
   public static final double getDoubleTimeNow()
      {
      long timenow=System.currentTimeMillis();
      double sftimenow = (double)(timenow/1000);
      return sftimenow;
      }
   
   /**
   * This method returns from the time in milliseconds as a new ConstSFTime.
   * @param time time in milliseconds to set
   * @return ConstSFTime constsftime
   */
   public static final ConstSFTime getConstSFTime(long time)
      {
      double sftimenow=(double)(time/1000);
      ConstSFTime sftime=new ConstSFTime(sftimenow);
      return sftime;
      }
   
   /**
   * This method returns from the time in milliseconds as a new SFTime.
   * @param time time in milliseconds to set
   * @return SFTime sftime
   */
   
   public static final SFTime getSFTime(long time)
      {
      double sftimenow=(double)(time/1000);
      SFTime sftime=new SFTime(sftimenow);
      return sftime;
      }
   
   /**
   * This method returns from the time in milliseconds as a new double.
   * @param time time in milliseconds to set
   * @return double sftimevalue
   */
   
   public static final double getDoubleTime(long time)
      {
      double sftime=(double)(time/1000);
      return sftime;
      }
   
   /**
   * This method returns from SFTime object as a new long.
   * @param sftime SFTime object to set
   * @return timemillis Time value of argument in milliseconds
   */
   public static final long getTimeMillis(SFTime sftime)
      {
      double sftimevalue=(double)sftime.getValue();
      long timemillis= (long)(sftimevalue*1000);
      return timemillis;
      }
   
   /**
   * This method returns from ConstSFTime object as a new long.
   * @param sftime ConstSFTime object to set
   * @return timemillis Time value of argument in milliseconds
   */
   
   public static final long getTimeMillis(ConstSFTime sftime)
      {
      double sftimevalue=(double)sftime.getValue();
      long timemillis= (long)(sftimevalue*1000);
      return timemillis;
      }
   
   /**
   * This method returns from double SFTime value as a new long.
   * @param sftime double SFTime value to set
   * @return timemillis Time value of argument in milliseconds
   */
   
   public static final long getTimeMillis(double sftime)
      {
      long timemillis= (long)(sftime*1000);
      return timemillis;
      }
   
   }