Class HistoricalEvent

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.history.Event

org.episteme.social.history.HistoricalEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Event>, Commented, ComprehensiveIdentification, Identified<Identification>, Named, Positioned<Place>, Temporal<TimeCoordinate>

public class HistoricalEvent
extends Event
implements Positioned<Place>

Represents a significant historical event with support for imprecise dating and duration.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class Event

category, id, traits, when

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
HistoricalEvent(String name, String description, TimeCoordinate startDate, TimeCoordinate endDate, EventCategory category, Place location)
HistoricalEvent(String name, TimeCoordinate date, EventCategory category)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
TimeCoordinate	getEndDate()
Place	getPosition()	Returns the position of this entity.
TimeCoordinate	getStartDate()
boolean	overlaps(HistoricalEvent other)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class Event

compareTo, equals, getCategory, getDescription, getId, getTraits, getWhen, happensAfter, happensBefore, hashCode

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface Commented

getComments, getTrait, setComments

Methods inherited from interface ComprehensiveIdentification

getName, getTrait, setName, setTrait

Constructor Details

HistoricalEvent

public HistoricalEvent(String name,
 String description,
 TimeCoordinate startDate,
 TimeCoordinate endDate,
 EventCategory category,
 Place location)

HistoricalEvent

public HistoricalEvent(String name,
 TimeCoordinate date,
 EventCategory category)

Method Details

getStartDate

public TimeCoordinate getStartDate()

getEndDate

public TimeCoordinate getEndDate()

getPosition

public Place getPosition()

Description copied from interface: Positioned

Returns the position of this entity.

Specified by:

getPosition in interface Positioned<Place>

Returns:

the position.

overlaps

public boolean overlaps(HistoricalEvent other)

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Event