EmploymentPeriod.java

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package org.eclipse.persistence.tools.workbench.test.models.query;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.sql.Date;

/**
 * <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 {
    public Date startDate;
    public 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 startDate, Date endDate)
{
    this.startDate = startDate;
    this.endDate = endDate;

}
public Date getEndDate()
{
    return endDate;
}
public Date getStartDate()
{
    return startDate;
}
public void setEndDate(Date endDate)
{
    this.endDate = endDate;
}
public void setStartDate(Date startDate)
{
    this.startDate = startDate;
}
/**
 * Print the start & end date
 */

@Override
public String toString()
{
    StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();

    writer.write("EmploymentPeriod: ");
    if (getStartDate() != null) {
        writer.write(getStartDate().toString());
    }
    writer.write("-");
    if (getEndDate() != null) {
        writer.write(getEndDate().toString());
    }
    return writer.toString();
}
}