net.sf.basedb.util.formatter
Class DateFormatter

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.basedb.util.formatter.DateFormatter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Formatter<Date>

public class DateFormatter
extends Object
implements Formatter<Date>

Format a date for output in a client application. This implementation uses the SimpleDateFormat standard formatting routines.

Version:

2.0

Author:

nicklas

See Also:

SimpleDateFormat

Last modified

$Date: 2010-09-28 14:34:56 +0200 (Tue, 28 Sep 2010) $

Field Summary

private DateFormat	dateFormat
private String	format

Constructor Summary

DateFormatter(DateFormat dateFormat)
Create a new date formatter.

DateFormatter(String format)
Create a new date formatter.

Method Summary

String	format(Date value) Format a value by converting it to a string.
DateFormat	getDateFormat() Get access to the underlying DateFormat object used for formatting and parsing dates.
Date	parseString(String value) Parse a string and return a value of the correct type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

dateFormat

private DateFormat dateFormat

format

private String format

Constructor Detail

DateFormatter

public DateFormatter(DateFormat dateFormat)

Create a new date formatter.

Parameters:

dateFormat - The date format to use when formatting

DateFormatter

public DateFormatter(String format)

Create a new date formatter.

Parameters:

format - The date format to use when formatting

See Also:

SimpleDateFormat

Method Detail

format

public String format(Date value)

Description copied from interface: Formatter

Format a value by converting it to a string.

Specified by:

format in interface Formatter<Date>

Parameters:

value - The value to format

Returns:

A formatted string

parseString

public Date parseString(String value)

Description copied from interface: Formatter

Parse a string and return a value of the correct type. A null input string should (unless otherwise documented by a specific formatter implementation) be allowed and may return null or any other "default" value.

Specified by:

parseString in interface Formatter<Date>

Parameters:

value - The string to parse

Returns:

An object

getDateFormat

public DateFormat getDateFormat()

Get access to the underlying DateFormat object used for formatting and parsing dates.

Since:

2.8