java.time.Period.multipliedBy() Method Example

Description

The java.time.Period.multipliedBy(long multiplicand) method returns a copy of this Period multiplied by the scalar.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.Period.multipliedBy(long multiplicand) method.

public Period multipliedBy(long multiplicand)

Parameters

multiplicand − the value to multiply the Period by, positive or negative.

Return Value

a Period based on this Period multiplied by the specified scalar, not null.

Exception

ArithmeticException − if numeric overflow occurs.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.Period.multipliedBy(long multiplicand) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.Period;

public class PeriodDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {

      Period period = Period.ofDays(5);
      System.out.println(period.getDays());
      Period period1 = period.multipliedBy(3);
      System.out.println(period1.getDays());
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

5
15