net.sf.jguiraffe.transform

Class DateTransformer

java.lang.Object

net.sf.jguiraffe.transform.DateTransformerBase

net.sf.jguiraffe.transform.DateTransformer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Transformer, Validator

public class DateTransformer
extends DateTransformerBase

A specialized transformer that transforms strings into date objects.

Most of the required functionality is already implemented by the base class. This class only creates an appropriate DateFormat object that supports parsing dates.

For the documentation of the supported properties and error messages refer to the super class.

Version:

$Id: DateTransformer.java 205 2012-01-29 18:29:57Z oheger $

Author:

Oliver Heger

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.sf.jguiraffe.transform.DateTransformerBase

PROP_AFTER, PROP_BEFORE, PROP_EQUAL, PROP_LENIENT, PROP_REFERENCE_DATE, PROP_STYLE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DateTransformer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected DateFormat	createFormat(Locale locale, int style, org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration config) Returns the DateFormat to be used by this transformer.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.jguiraffe.transform.DateTransformerBase

errorResult, getDefaultReferenceDate, getReferenceDate, getReferenceDateProperty, getStyle, initializeFormat, isAfter, isBefore, isDateValid, isEqual, isLenient, isValid, setAfter, setBefore, setEqual, setLenient, setReferenceDate, setStyle, transform, transformDate, transformSqlDate, transformToDate, transformToString, updateDatePart, updateTimePart

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateTransformer

public DateTransformer()

Method Detail

createFormat

protected DateFormat createFormat(Locale locale,
                                  int style,
                                  org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration config)

Returns the DateFormat to be used by this transformer. This implementation returns a format object for processing dates.

Specified by:

createFormat in class DateTransformerBase

Parameters:

locale - the locale

style - the style to be used

config - the configuration with the properties

Returns:

the format object to be used