uk.ac.ed.epcc.safe.accounting.formatters.value

Class XMLDateTimeFormatter

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.ed.epcc.safe.accounting.formatters.value.XMLDateTimeFormatter

All Implemented Interfaces:

ValueFormatter<java.util.Date>

public class XMLDateTimeFormatter
extends java.lang.Object
implements ValueFormatter<java.util.Date>

Formats a Date object so that it is represented as an XML dataTime.

Author:

jgreen4

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static XMLDateTimeFormatter	FORMATTER Useful static instance of this object to be used when one doesn't want to generate lots of formatters when one will suffice

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XMLDateTimeFormatter()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	format(java.util.Date date) Formats the date using Java's Calendar to extract years, months etc from a date object.
java.lang.Class<java.util.Date>	getType() Returns the Class all objects acceptable as input to the format method must be assignable to.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

FORMATTER

public static final XMLDateTimeFormatter FORMATTER

Useful static instance of this object to be used when one doesn't want to generate lots of formatters when one will suffice

Constructor Detail

XMLDateTimeFormatter

public XMLDateTimeFormatter()

Method Detail

format

public java.lang.String format(java.util.Date date)

Formats the date using Java's Calendar to extract years, months etc from a date object. An XMLGregorianCalendar is packed with this information and it's formatting method is used to generate the output

Specified by:

format in interface ValueFormatter<java.util.Date>

Parameters:

date - The object to format

Returns:

The date as an XML dateTime

See Also:

Calendar, XMLGregorianCalendar.toXMLFormat(), ValueFormatter.format(java.lang.Object)

getType

public java.lang.Class<java.util.Date> getType()

Description copied from interface: ValueFormatter

Returns the Class all objects acceptable as input to the format method must be assignable to.

Specified by:

getType in interface ValueFormatter<java.util.Date>

Returns:

The Type of this ValueFormatter