com.gisgraphy.util
Class DateConverter

java.lang.Object
  com.gisgraphy.util.DateConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter

Direct Known Subclasses:

TimestampConverter

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

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

Author:

Matt Raible

Constructor Summary

DateConverter()

Method Summary

Object	convert(Class type, Object value) Convert a date to a String and a String to a Date
protected Object	convertToDate(Class type, Object value, String pattern) Convert a String to a Date with the specified pattern.
protected Object	convertToString(Class type, Object value) Convert a java.util.Date 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 Object convert(Class type,
                      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 Object convertToDate(Class type,
                               Object value,
                               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 Object convertToString(Class type,
                                 Object value)

Convert a java.util.Date to a String

Parameters:

type - Date or Timestamp

value - value to convert

Returns:

Converted value for property population