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package org.eclipse.persistence.testing.models.jpa.fieldaccess.advanced;

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

/**
 * <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
 */
@Embeddable
@Table(name="CMP3_FA_EMPLOYEE")
public class EmploymentPeriod implements Serializable {
    @Column(name="S_DATE")
	private Date startDate;
	@Column(name="E_DATE")
    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();
    }
}
