com.android.utils

Interface DateProvider

public interface DateProvider

Provides abstraction over @{link Date#Date()}, to allow code to swap out calls to system date by a fake date in tests to create reliable tests.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static DateProvider	SYSTEM Implementation that calls to the real @{link Date#Date()}.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.Date	now() Provides this DataProvider's notion of 'now'.

Field Detail

SYSTEM

static final DateProvider SYSTEM

Implementation that calls to the real @{link Date#Date()}. This should never be called through directly in code. The right pattern is to create a variable and assign that variable to SYSTEM upon initialization and override the variable in tests.

Method Detail

now

java.util.Date now()

Provides this DataProvider's notion of 'now'.