EmploymentPeriod.java

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package org.eclipse.persistence.testing.models.jpa.xml.relationships.unidirectional;

import java.sql.Date;
import java.io.*;

/**
 * <p><b>Purpose</b>: Defines the period an Employee worked for the organization
 *    <p><b>Description</b>: The period holds the start date and optionally the
 *    end date if the employee has left (null otherwise). Maintained in an
 *    aggregate relationship of Employee
 *    @see Employee
 */
public class EmploymentPeriod implements Serializable {
    private Date startDate;
    private Date endDate;

    public EmploymentPeriod() {}

    /**
     * Return a new employment period instance.
     * The constructor's purpose is to allow only valid instances of a class to
     * be created. Valid means that the get/set and clone/toString methods
     * should work on the instance. Arguments to constructors should be avoided
     * unless those arguments are required to put the instance into a valid
     * state, or represent the entire instance definition.
     */
    public EmploymentPeriod(Date theStartDate, Date theEndDate) {
        startDate = theStartDate;
        endDate = theEndDate;
    }

    public Date getStartDate() {
        return startDate;
    }

    public void setStartDate(Date date) {
        this.startDate = date;
    }

    public Date getEndDate() {
        return endDate;
    }

    public void setEndDate(Date date) {
        this.endDate = date;
    }

    /**
     * Print the start & end date
     */
    public String toString() {
        java.io.StringWriter writer = new java.io.StringWriter();
        writer.write("EmploymentPeriod: ");

        if (this.getStartDate() != null) {
            writer.write(this.getStartDate().toString());
        }

        writer.write("-");

        if (this.getEndDate() != null) {
            writer.write(this.getEndDate().toString());
        }

        return writer.toString();
    }
}