What is Duration.negated() in Java?
negated() is an instance method of the Duration class which is used to swap the sign of the total length of the duration object. Hence, this method returns a copy of the Duration object with the length of the duration negated.
The negated method is defined in the Duration class. The Duration class is defined in the java.time package. To import the Duration class check the following import statement.
import java.time.Duration;
Syntax
public Duration negated()
Parameters
This method has no parameters.
Return value
This method returns a new Duration object with the length of the Duration negated.
Code
import java.time.Duration;public class Main{public static void main(String[] args) {// Example 1Duration duration = Duration.ofHours(100);Duration negatedDuration = duration.negated();System.out.printf("Original duration - %s; Negated Duration - %s", duration, negatedDuration);System.out.println();// Example 2duration = Duration.ofHours(-100);negatedDuration = duration.negated();System.out.printf("Original duration - %s; Negated Duration - %s", duration, negatedDuration);}}
Example 1
- duration -
PT100H
The method returns PT-100H with the sign changed from positive to negative.
Example 2
- duration -
PT-100H
The method returns PT100H with the sign changed from negative to positive.
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