net.ramapuram.thomas.util
Class DateConverter

java.lang.Object
  net.ramapuram.thomas.util.DateConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter

Direct Known Subclasses:

TimestampConverter

public class DateConverter
extends java.lang.Object
implements org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter

This class converts a java.util.Date to a String and a String to a java.util.Date.

Author:

Matt Raible, Tibor Strausz

Constructor Summary

DateConverter()

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	convert(java.lang.Class type, java.lang.Object value) Convert a date to a String and a String to a Date
protected java.lang.Object	convertToDate(java.lang.Class<?> type, java.lang.Object value, java.lang.String pattern) Convert a String to a Date with the specified pattern.
protected java.lang.Object	convertToString(java.lang.Object value) Convert a java.util.Date or a java.sql.Timestamp to a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateConverter

public DateConverter()

Method Detail

convert

public java.lang.Object convert(java.lang.Class type,
                                java.lang.Object value)

Convert a date to a String and a String to a Date

Specified by:

convert in interface org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter

Parameters:

type - String, Date or Timestamp

value - value to convert

Returns:

Converted value for property population

convertToDate

protected java.lang.Object convertToDate(java.lang.Class<?> type,
                                         java.lang.Object value,
                                         java.lang.String pattern)

Convert a String to a Date with the specified pattern.

Parameters:

type - String

value - value of String

pattern - date pattern to parse with

Returns:

Converted value for property population

convertToString

protected java.lang.Object convertToString(java.lang.Object value)

Convert a java.util.Date or a java.sql.Timestamp to a String. Or does a toString

Parameters:

value - value to convert

Returns:

Converted value for property population