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;

import java.time.Duration;
public class Main{
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Example 1
        Duration duration = Duration.ofHours(100);
        Duration negatedDuration = duration.negated();
        System.out.printf("Original duration - %s; Negated Duration - %s", duration, negatedDuration);
        System.out.println();
        // Example 2
        duration = Duration.ofHours(-100);
        negatedDuration = duration.negated();
        System.out.printf("Original duration - %s; Negated Duration - %s", duration, negatedDuration);
    }
}

What is Duration.negated() in Java?

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Example 2