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POCreate an absolute or relative time period class in C#
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copied!<p>I want to create some class that can calculate absolute or relative time period.<br> Meaning: the constructor will get either time period and units ( 3 weeks ) or two <code>DateTime</code> start and finish time. I have wrote the following code : </p> <pre><code>public class TimePeriod { public State TimePerriodState { get; private set; } public RelativeTime RelativeTimePeriod { get; private set; } public int UnitsOfTime { get; private set; } public DateTime? StartTime { get; private set; } public DateTime? EndTime { get; private set; } public TimePeriod(RelativeTime relativeTime, int unitsOfTime) { TimePerriodState = State.Absolute; RelativeTimePeriod = relativeTime; UnitsOfTime = unitsOfTime; } public TimePeriod(DateTime startTime , DateTime endTime) { TimePerriodState = State.Relative; StartTime = startTime; EndTime = endTime; } public enum State { None, Absolute, Relative } public enum RelativeTime { None, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, Year } } </code></pre> <p>But I don't like that the usage is base on the state. In the end the data will appear in the UI as two different controls. Is there a better way of making the API little better? Maybe pass in the data and calculate the dateTime on the fly or some thing like that?</p> <p><strong>UPDATE :</strong></p> <p>the usage is relative to any time its being used. meaning enter a timespan is not possible. lets say we need fo have the relative time prior 10 days from now or fixed days from X to Y</p> <p>The <code>TimeSpan</code> will be calculated in a different BL class (this is a POCO class) </p>

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