[threeten-dev] ISO8601 durations and java.time

[Stephen Colebourne]

On 12 September 2013 12:03, Klaus Malorny <Klaus.Malorny at knipp.de> wrote:
> thanks for the quick answer. I am not quite sure about the use cases, maybe
> you are right. Still, the problem is that out there there is a common "data
> type" which is not supported as such, and I think it is a none-neglicable
> disadvantage for usability of the new API. Using own classes for (factually)
> generic data types is a way to solve this, but makes the interaction between
> libraries among themselves and between libraries and application code
> uncomfortable.

Just to note that there are a range of ISO-8601 concepts that are not
supported, including intervals tied at each end, intervals tied at one
end and repeating intervals. We aim to be guided by ISO-8601 not
slavish to it.

If the class you desire proves to be a major omission that many
complain about, then it can be added in JDK9.

thanks
Stephen