com.ivata.mask.field.date
Class DateFieldValueConvertor

java.lang.Object
  com.ivata.mask.field.FieldValueConvertor
      com.ivata.mask.field.date.DateFieldValueConvertor

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class DateFieldValueConvertor

extends FieldValueConvertor

Convert an object representing a date to a string.

Since:

ivata masks 0.1 (2004-04-14)

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $

Author:

Colin MacLeod colin.macleod@ivata.com

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class com.ivata.mask.field.FieldValueConvertor

FieldValueConvertor.FieldValueException

Constructor Summary

DateFieldValueConvertor(java.lang.String pattern)
Construct a new value convertor from the format pattern supplied.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	convertFromString(java.lang.Class propertyClass, java.lang.String stringValue) Convert a date value from a string.
protected java.lang.String	toString(java.lang.Object objectValue) Convert an object representing a date to a string.

Methods inherited from class com.ivata.mask.field.FieldValueConvertor

getObjectValue, getStringValue, setStringValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateFieldValueConvertor

public DateFieldValueConvertor(java.lang.String pattern)

Construct a new value convertor from the format pattern supplied.

Parameters:

pattern - number format pattern to use to convert the number. See SimpleDateFormat.

Method Detail

toString

protected java.lang.String toString(java.lang.Object objectValue)

Convert an object representing a date to a string.

Overrides:

toString in class FieldValueConvertor

Parameters:

objectValue - object to be converted.

Returns:

string equivalent of the object provided.

convertFromString

public java.lang.Object convertFromString(java.lang.Class propertyClass,
                                          java.lang.String stringValue)

Convert a date value from a string.

Overrides:

convertFromString in class FieldValueConvertor

Parameters:

propertyClass - exact class to be converted to.

stringValue - value to be converted.

Returns:

valid object value converted from a string.

See Also:

FieldValueConvertor.convertFromString(java.lang.Class, java.lang.String)