Class: TimeInterval

Description:
This class represents a single time interval tagged with an integer ID value.

Embedded Classes:
TimeInterval::Exception

Data Fields
public	private: double	_start
public	double	_stop
public	unsigned int	_id

Constructors / Destructor
public	TimeInterval(double start, double stop, unsigned int id=0) Throws: TimeInterval::Exception
public	TimeInterval(TimeInterval& interval) Copy constructor.

Methods
public	virtual	void	set(double start, double stop, unsigned int id=0) Throws: TimeInterval::Exception
public	virtual	void	start(double start) Set the start time value. Throws: TimeInterval::Exception
public	virtual	void	stop(double stop) Set the start time value. Throws: TimeInterval::Exception
public	virtual	void	id(int id)
public	virtual constant	double	start()
public	virtual constant	double	stop()
public	virtual constant	unsigned int	id()
public	virtual	bool	contains(double time) Returns true if the time interval contains the given time.
public	virtual	bool	overlaps(TimeInterval* interval) Returns true if the time interval covers any of the same time as this one note that the endpoint is not included in the interval, so returns false if the intervals just touch each other.
public	virtual	bool	touches(TimeInterval* interval) Returns true if the time interval covers any of the same time as this one.
public	virtual	bool	canMergeWith(TimeInterval* interval) Returns true if two intervals overlap or if they have the same ID and are just touching one another.
public	virtual	void	mergeWith(TimeInterval* interval) Add another time interval to this one throws an exception if the intervals to not have the same ID or if they do not overlap. Throws: TimeInterval::Exception
public	virtual	string	toString()

Operators
public	bool	const TimeInterval& < const TimeInterval& Returns true if the time intervals do not overlap and the left interval preceeds the right one.
public	bool	const TimeInterval& < double
public	bool	double < const TimeInterval& Returns true if the given time time comes before the interval.
public	bool	TimeInterval& == TimeInterval& Returns true if two intervals have the same start and stop times and ID tag.
public	ostream&	ostream& << TimeInterval* Printing operator.