nl.openedge.baritus.converters
Class DateLocaleConverter

java.lang.Object
  nl.openedge.baritus.converters.BaseLocaleConverter
      nl.openedge.baritus.converters.DateLocaleConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter, Formatter, LocaleConverter

public class DateLocaleConverter

extends BaseLocaleConverter

Standard LocaleConverter implementation that converts an incoming locale-sensitive String into a java.util.Date object, optionally using a default value or throwing a ConversionException if a conversion error occurs.

Author:

Yauheny Mikulski, Michael Szlapa

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class nl.openedge.baritus.converters.BaseLocaleConverter

locale, locPattern, pattern

Constructor Summary

DateLocaleConverter()
Create a LocaleConverter that will throw a ConversionException if a conversion error occurs.

DateLocaleConverter(java.util.Locale locale)
Create a LocaleConverter that will throw a ConversionException if a conversion error occurs.

DateLocaleConverter(java.util.Locale locale, java.lang.String pattern)
Create a LocaleConverter that will throw a ConversionException if a conversion error occurs.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	convert(java.lang.Class type, java.lang.Object value, java.lang.String pattern) Convert the specified locale-sensitive input object into an output object of the specified type.
java.lang.String	format(java.lang.Object value, java.lang.String pattern) format value with pattern or using the default pattern
int	getDateStyle() get date style
boolean	isLenient() Returns whether date formatting is lenient.
protected java.lang.Object	parse(java.lang.Object value, java.lang.String pattern) Convert the specified locale-sensitive input object into an output object of the specified type.
void	setDateStyle(int dateStyle) set date style
void	setLenient(boolean lenient) Specify whether or not date-time parsing should be lenient.

Methods inherited from class nl.openedge.baritus.converters.BaseLocaleConverter

convert, convert, convert, getLocale, getPattern, setLocale, setPattern

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DateLocaleConverter

public DateLocaleConverter()

Create a LocaleConverter that will throw a ConversionException if a conversion error occurs. The locale is the default locale for this instance of the Java Virtual Machine and an unlocalized pattern is used for the convertion.

DateLocaleConverter

public DateLocaleConverter(java.util.Locale locale)

Create a LocaleConverter that will throw a ConversionException if a conversion error occurs. An unlocalized pattern is used for the convertion.

Parameters:

locale - The locale

DateLocaleConverter

public DateLocaleConverter(java.util.Locale locale,
                           java.lang.String pattern)

Create a LocaleConverter that will throw a ConversionException if a conversion error occurs. An unlocalized pattern is used for the convertion.

Parameters:

locale - The locale

pattern - The convertion pattern

Method Detail

isLenient

public boolean isLenient()

Returns whether date formatting is lenient.

Returns:

true if the DateFormat used for formatting is lenient

See Also:

DateFormat.isLenient()

setLenient

public void setLenient(boolean lenient)

Specify whether or not date-time parsing should be lenient.

Parameters:

lenient - true if the DateFormat used for formatting should be lenient

See Also:

DateFormat.setLenient(boolean)

getDateStyle

public int getDateStyle()

get date style

Returns:

int date style as a constant from DateFormat

setDateStyle

public void setDateStyle(int dateStyle)

set date style

Parameters:

dateStyle -

parse

protected java.lang.Object parse(java.lang.Object value,
                                 java.lang.String pattern)
                          throws ConversionException

Convert the specified locale-sensitive input object into an output object of the specified type.

Specified by:

parse in class BaseLocaleConverter

Parameters:

value - The input object to be converted

pattern - The pattern is used for the convertion

Throws:

ConversionException - if conversion cannot be performed successfully

format

public java.lang.String format(java.lang.Object value,
                               java.lang.String pattern)
                        throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

format value with pattern or using the default pattern

Parameters:

value - The input object to be formatted

pattern - The pattern is used for the conversion

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if formatting cannot be performed successfully

See Also:

Formatter.format(java.lang.Object, java.lang.String)

convert

public java.lang.Object convert(java.lang.Class type,
                                java.lang.Object value,
                                java.lang.String pattern)

Convert the specified locale-sensitive input object into an output object of the specified type.

Parameters:

type - Data type to which this value should be converted

value - The input object to be converted

pattern - The pattern is used for the convertion

Throws:

ConversionException - if conversion cannot be performed successfully