Class HistoricalTimeline

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.history.Timeline<HistoricalEvent>

org.episteme.social.history.HistoricalTimeline

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Commented, ComprehensiveIdentification, Identified<Identification>, Named

public class HistoricalTimeline
extends Timeline<HistoricalEvent>

A timeline representing a sequence of historical events. Provides analytical methods to filter and explore historical periods. * @version 2.0

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class Timeline

events

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
HistoricalTimeline(String name)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
HistoricalTimeline	addEvent(HistoricalEvent event)
List<HistoricalEvent>	getBceEvents()	Returns events occurring in the BCE (Before Common Era) period.
List<HistoricalEvent>	getEventsByCategory(EventCategory category)	Returns events in a specific category.
long	getTimeSpanYears()	Returns the approximate total time span of this timeline in years.
static HistoricalTimeline	worldHistory()	Returns a standard timeline of major world history events.

Methods inherited from class Timeline

equals, getEarliestEvent, getEvents, getEventsBetween, getId, getLatestEvent, getTraits, hashCode, removeEvent, toString

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

HistoricalTimeline

public HistoricalTimeline(String name)

Method Details

worldHistory

public static HistoricalTimeline worldHistory()

Returns a standard timeline of major world history events.

Returns:

world history timeline

addEvent

public HistoricalTimeline addEvent(HistoricalEvent event)

Overrides:

addEvent in class Timeline<HistoricalEvent>

getEventsByCategory

public List<HistoricalEvent> getEventsByCategory(EventCategory category)

Returns events in a specific category.

Parameters:

category - the category to filter by

Returns:

filtered unmodifiable list of events

getBceEvents

public List<HistoricalEvent> getBceEvents()

Returns events occurring in the BCE (Before Common Era) period.

Returns:

unmodifiable list of BCE events

getTimeSpanYears

public long getTimeSpanYears()

Returns the approximate total time span of this timeline in years.

Returns:

time span in years