Package net.sf.basedb.util.formatter

Class DateFormatter

java.lang.Object
net.sf.basedb.util.formatter.DateFormatter
All Implemented Interfaces:
ExcelFormatter<Date,Date>, Formatter<Date>
public class DateFormatter extends Object implements Formatter<Date>, ExcelFormatter<Date,Date>
Format a date for output in a client application. This implementation uses the SimpleDateFormat standard formatting routines.

NOTE! The SimpleDateFormat implementation is not thread-safe which may have affected instances of this class before BASE 3.19.7. Since BASE 3.19.7 this class has implemented synchronization and should be thread-safe. But beware of the getDateFormat() which return the underlying formatter instance that is not thread-safe!

Version:
2.0
Author:
nicklas
See Also:
Last modified
$Date: 2023-02-08 13:58:34 +0100 (Wed, 08 Feb 2023) $

  • Field Details

    • dateFormat

      private final DateFormat dateFormat

    • format

      private final String format

  • Constructor Details

    • 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:

  • Method Details

    • 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

    • toExcelValue

      public ExcelValue<Date> toExcelValue(Date value)
      Description copied from interface: ExcelFormatter
      Convert and format the given value to an Excel value. If the value is null the implementation may return null to create an empty cell or it may return another non-null value.
      Specified by:
      toExcelValue in interface ExcelFormatter<Date,Date>
      Since:
      3.15