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## Interface GDurationSpecification

- All Known Implementing Classes:
    GDuration, GDurationBuilder

      public interface GDurationSpecification

  Represents an XML Schema-compatible duration.

  Both the immutable GDuration and the mutable GDurationBuilder are GDurationSpecifications. Use this interface where you want to allow callers to pass any implementation of a GDuration.

  See Also:
    `GDuration`

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `int` | `compareToGDuration(GDurationSpecification duration)` Comparison to another GDuration.
    `int` | `getDay()` Gets the day-of-month component.
    `BigDecimal` | `getFraction()` Gets the fraction-of-second.
    `int` | `getHour()` Gets the hour-of-day component.
    `int` | `getMinute()` Gets the minute-of-hour component.
    `int` | `getMonth()` Gets the month-of-year component.
    `int` | `getSecond()` Gets the second-of-minute component.
    `int` | `getSign()` Returns the sign of the duration: +1 is forwards and -1 is backwards in time.
    `int` | `getYear()` Gets the year component.
    `boolean` | `isImmutable()` True if this instance is immutable.
    `boolean` | `isValid()` Returns true if all of the individual components of the duration are nonnegative.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### isImmutable

          boolean isImmutable()

      True if this instance is immutable.

    - #### getSign

          int getSign()

      Returns the sign of the duration: +1 is forwards and -1 is backwards in time.

    - #### getYear

          int getYear()

      Gets the year component.

    - #### getMonth

          int getMonth()

      Gets the month-of-year component.

    - #### getDay

          int getDay()

      Gets the day-of-month component.

    - #### getHour

          int getHour()

      Gets the hour-of-day component.

    - #### getMinute

          int getMinute()

      Gets the minute-of-hour component.

    - #### getSecond

          int getSecond()

      Gets the second-of-minute component.

    - #### getFraction

          BigDecimal getFraction()

      Gets the fraction-of-second. Range from 0 (inclusive) to 1 (exclusive).

    - #### isValid

          boolean isValid()

      Returns true if all of the individual components of the duration are nonnegative.

    - #### compareToGDuration

          int compareToGDuration(GDurationSpecification duration)

      Comparison to another GDuration.
      - Returns -1 if this < duration. (less-than)
      - Returns 0 if this == duration. (equal)
      - Returns 1 if this > duration. (greater-than)
      - Returns 2 if this <> duration. (incomparable)
      Two instances are incomparable if they have different amounts of information.