org.exolab.castor.types
Class Date

java.lang.Object
  org.exolab.castor.types.DateTimeBase
      org.exolab.castor.types.Date

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

GMonthDay, GYearMonth

public class Date

extends DateTimeBase

Describe an XML schema Date.

The format is defined by W3C XML Schema Recommendation and ISO8601 i.e (-)CCYY-MM-DD(Z|(+|-)hh:mm)

Version:

$Revision: 1.13 $

Author:

Arnaud Blandin

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

DATE_FORMAT The Date Format

Fields inherited from class org.exolab.castor.types.DateTimeBase

EQUALS, GREATER_THAN, INDETERMINATE, LESS_THAN

Constructor Summary

Date()

Date(java.util.Date dateRef)
This constructor is used to convert a java.util.Date into a new org.exolab.castor.types.Date

Date(short[] values)
Constructs a XML Schema Date instance given all the values of the different fields.

Method Summary

short	getHour()
short	getMilli()
short	getMinute()
short	getSeconds()
short[]	getValues() Returns an array of short with all the fields that describe this Date type.
static java.lang.Object	parse(java.lang.String str) parse a String and convert it into an java.lang.Object
static Date	parseDate(java.lang.String str) parse a String and convert it into a Date.
void	setHour(short hour) set the hour field for this date/time type.
void	setMilli(short Milli)
void	setMinute(short minute) set the minute field for this date/time type.
void	setSeconds(short second)
void	setValues(short[] values) Sets all the fields by reading the values in an array
java.util.Date	toDate() converts this Date into a local java Date.
java.lang.String	toString() convert this Date to a string The format is defined by W3C XML Schema recommendation and ISO8601 i.e (+|-)CCYY-MM-DD

Methods inherited from class org.exolab.castor.types.DateTimeBase

addDuration, compareTo, equal, equals, getCentury, getDay, getMonth, getYear, getZoneHour, getZoneMinute, hashCode, isLeap, isNegative, isUTC, isZoneNegative, normalize, setCentury, setDay, setMonth, setNegative, setSecond, setUTC, setYear, setZone, setZoneNegative, toCalendar

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DATE_FORMAT

public static final java.lang.String DATE_FORMAT

The Date Format

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Date

public Date()

Date

public Date(short[] values)

Constructs a XML Schema Date instance given all the values of the different fields. By default a Date is not UTC and is local.

Parameters:

values - an array of shorts that represent the different fields of Time.

Date

public Date(java.util.Date dateRef)

This constructor is used to convert a java.util.Date into a new org.exolab.castor.types.Date

Note : all the information concerning the time part of the java.util.Date is lost since a W3C Schema Date only represents CCYY-MM-YY

Method Detail

setValues

public void setValues(short[] values)

Sets all the fields by reading the values in an array

if a Time Zone is specificied it has to be set by using setZone.

Specified by:

setValues in class DateTimeBase

Parameters:

values - an array of shorts with the values the array is supposed to be of length 4 and ordered like the following:

• century
• year
• month
• day

getValues

public short[] getValues()

Returns an array of short with all the fields that describe this Date type.

Note:the time zone is not included.

Specified by:

getValues in class DateTimeBase

Returns:

an array of short with all the fields that describe this Date type.

toDate

public java.util.Date toDate()

converts this Date into a local java Date.

Specified by:

toDate in class DateTimeBase

Returns:

a local date representing this Date.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

convert this Date to a string The format is defined by W3C XML Schema recommendation and ISO8601 i.e (+|-)CCYY-MM-DD

Returns:

a string representing this Date

parse

public static java.lang.Object parse(java.lang.String str)
                              throws java.text.ParseException

parse a String and convert it into an java.lang.Object

Parameters:

str - the string to parse

Returns:

an Object represented by the string

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - a parse exception is thrown if the string to parse does not follow the rigth format (see the description of this class)

parseDate

public static Date parseDate(java.lang.String str)
                      throws java.text.ParseException

parse a String and convert it into a Date.

Parameters:

str - the string to parse

Returns:

the Date represented by the string

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - a parse exception is thrown if the string to parse does not follow the rigth format (see the description of this class)

getHour

public short getHour()

Overrides:

getHour in class DateTimeBase

getMinute

public short getMinute()

Overrides:

getMinute in class DateTimeBase

getSeconds

public short getSeconds()

Overrides:

getSeconds in class DateTimeBase

getMilli

public short getMilli()

Overrides:

getMilli in class DateTimeBase

setHour

public void setHour(short hour)

Description copied from class: DateTimeBase

set the hour field for this date/time type.

Overrides:

setHour in class DateTimeBase

Parameters:

hour - the hour to set

setMinute

public void setMinute(short minute)

Description copied from class: DateTimeBase

set the minute field for this date/time type.

Overrides:

setMinute in class DateTimeBase

Parameters:

minute - the minute to set.

setSeconds

public void setSeconds(short second)

setMilli

public void setMilli(short Milli)