forward
Rolls the date, month or year forward by the amount passed in. It modifies both the Gregorian and Jewish dates accordingly. If manipulation beyond the fields supported here is required, use the Calendar class Calendar.add or Calendar.roll methods in the following manner.
` Calendar cal = jewishDate.getTime(); // get a java.util.Calendar representation of the JewishDate cal.add(Calendar.MONTH, 3); // add 3 Gregorian months jewishDate.setDate(cal); // set the updated calendar back to this class ` **
Parameters
field
the calendar field to be forwarded. The must be Calendar.DATE, Calendar.MONTH or Calendar.YEAR
amount
the positive amount to move forward
See also
Throws
Illegal Argument Exception
if the field is anything besides Calendar.DATE, Calendar.MONTH or Calendar.YEAR or if the amount is less than 1