Class DurationAttributeConverter

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    AttributeConverter<Duration>

    @ThreadSafe
    @Immutable
    public final class DurationAttributeConverter
    extends Object
    implements AttributeConverter<Duration>
    A converter between Duration and AttributeValue.

    This stores and reads values in DynamoDB as a number, so that they can be sorted numerically as part of a sort key.

    Durations are stored in the format "[-]X[.YYYYYYYYY]", where X is the number of seconds in the duration, and Y is the number of nanoseconds in the duration, left padded with zeroes to a length of 9. The Y and decimal point may be excluded for durations that are of whole seconds. The duration may be preceded by a - to indicate a negative duration.

    Examples:

    • Duration.ofDays(1) is stored as ItemAttributeValueMapper.fromNumber("86400")
    • Duration.ofSeconds(9) is stored as ItemAttributeValueMapper.fromNumber("9")
    • Duration.ofSeconds(-9) is stored as ItemAttributeValueMapper.fromNumber("-9")
    • Duration.ofNanos(1_234_567_890) is stored as ItemAttributeValueMapper.fromNumber("1.234567890")
    • Duration.ofMillis(1) is stored as ItemAttributeValueMapper.fromNumber("0.001000000")
    • Duration.ofNanos(1) is stored as ItemAttributeValueMapper.fromNumber("0.000000001")
    • Duration.ofNanos(-1) is stored as ItemAttributeValueMapper.fromNumber("-0.000000001")

    This can be created via create().