org.oddjob.values.types
Class DateType

java.lang.Object
  org.oddjob.values.types.DateType

public class DateType

extends java.lang.Object

Description:

Allows a date to be specified in different formats.

Dates can also be specified directly as a ValueType without the need for this type but must be a fixed format currently fixed at dd-MMM-yyyy.

For more information on format see http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html.

Example:

 <sequential>
   <variables id="vars">
     <date name="xmas" format="dd/MM/yy" date="25/12/05"/>
   </variables>
   <echo text="Christmas will start at ${vars.xmas}"/>
 </sequential>

Author:

Rob Gordon.

Constructor Summary

DateType()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getDate()
java.lang.String	getTimeZone()
void	setDate(java.lang.String date)
void	setTimeZone(java.lang.String timeZoneId)
java.lang.String	toString()
java.util.Date	valueFor(java.lang.Class required) Resolve this type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateType

public DateType()

Method Detail

valueFor

public java.util.Date valueFor(java.lang.Class required)
                        throws java.text.ParseException

Resolve this type.

Parameters:

required - The desired result class.

Returns:

A date or null.

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - If the date string can't be converted to a date.

setDate

public void setDate(java.lang.String date)

getDate

public java.lang.String getDate()

setTimeZone

public void setTimeZone(java.lang.String timeZoneId)

getTimeZone

public java.lang.String getTimeZone()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()