Timeslot (Power TAC intra-hour market-based balancing 1.8.0-SNAPSHOT API)

java.lang.Object
- org.powertac.common.Timeslot

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<Object>
```
public class Timeslot
extends Object
implements Comparable<Object>
```
A timeslot instance describes an interval of time (slot) for which power may be traded in the wholesale market. The duration of a timeslot is given by currentCompetition.getTimeslotLength(). Timeslots are uniquely identified by their serial numbers, which is the number of timeslots since currentCompetition.getSimulationBaseTime().
Timeslots are used (i) to correlate tradeable products (energy futures) and trades in the market with a future time interval where settlement (i.e. delivery / consumption) has to take place, (ii) to correlate meter readings with a duration in time, (iii) to allow tariffs to define different consumption / production prices for different times of a day. Timeslots are represented in server-broker communications by serial number.
This is an immutable type, so no state logging is needed. Creation events are logged by the repository.

Author:

Carsten Block, John Collins

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Timeslot(int serial, org.joda.time.Instant start)
Constructor is intended to be called by repository.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`compareTo(Object arg)`
`int`	`dayOfWeek()`	Returns the day of week for the start of this timeslot, starting at Monday = 1.
`org.joda.time.Instant`	`getEndInstant()`
`long`	`getId()`
`int`	`getSerialNumber()`
`org.joda.time.Instant`	`getStartInstant()`
`org.joda.time.DateTime`	`getStartTime()`	Returns the DateTime representation of the start time for this timeslot
`int`	`slotInDay()`	Returns the timeslot index since the most recent midnight, starting at zero.
`String`	`toString()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Timeslot
```
public Timeslot(int serial,
                org.joda.time.Instant start)
```
    Constructor is intended to be called by repository. Note that Timeslots are initially enabled. If you want to create a disabled timeslot, you have to call disable() after creating it.
- Method Detail
  - getSerialNumber
```
public int getSerialNumber()
```
  - getId
```
public long getId()
```
  - getStartInstant
```
public org.joda.time.Instant getStartInstant()
```
  - getEndInstant
```
public org.joda.time.Instant getEndInstant()
```
  - getStartTime
```
public org.joda.time.DateTime getStartTime()
```
    Returns the DateTime representation of the start time for this timeslot
  - slotInDay
```
public int slotInDay()
```
    Returns the timeslot index since the most recent midnight, starting at zero. Note that this is hourOfDay if timeslots are one hour. Assumes tz = 0.
  - dayOfWeek
```
public int dayOfWeek()
```
    Returns the day of week for the start of this timeslot, starting at Monday = 1.
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
  - compareTo
```
public int compareTo(Object arg)
```
    Specified by:
    
    compareTo in interface Comparable<Object>