org.beanio.types

Class DateTypeHandler

java.lang.Object

org.beanio.types.LocaleSupport

org.beanio.types.DateTypeHandlerSupport

org.beanio.types.DateTypeHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, ConfigurableTypeHandler, TypeHandler

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractXmlDateTypeHandler

public class DateTypeHandler
extends DateTypeHandlerSupport

This type handler uses a SimpleDateFormat class to parse and format java.util.Date objects. If no pattern is set, DateFormat.getInstance() is used to create a default date format. By default, lenient is false.

Since:

1.0

See Also:

Date, DateFormat, SimpleDateFormat

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.beanio.types.DateTypeHandlerSupport

lenient, pattern, timeZone

Fields inherited from class org.beanio.types.LocaleSupport

locale

Fields inherited from interface org.beanio.types.ConfigurableTypeHandler

FORMAT_SETTING

Fields inherited from interface org.beanio.types.TypeHandler

NIL

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DateTypeHandler() Constructs a new DateTypeHandler.
DateTypeHandler(String pattern) Constructs a new DateTypeHandler.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	format(Object value) Formats a Java object into field text.
Class<?>	getType() Returns the class type supported by this handler.
Date	parse(String text) Parses field text into a Java object.

Methods inherited from class org.beanio.types.DateTypeHandlerSupport

createDateFormat, createDefaultDateFormat, formatDate, getPattern, getTimeZone, getTimeZoneId, isLenient, newInstance, parseDate, setLenient, setPattern, setTimeZoneId

Methods inherited from class org.beanio.types.LocaleSupport

getLocale, setLocale

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateTypeHandler

public DateTypeHandler()

Constructs a new DateTypeHandler.

DateTypeHandler

public DateTypeHandler(String pattern)

Constructs a new DateTypeHandler.

Parameters:

pattern - the SimpleDateFormat pattern

Method Detail

parse

public Date parse(String text)
           throws TypeConversionException

Description copied from interface: TypeHandler

Parses field text into a Java object.

Parameters:

text - the field text to parse, which may be null if the field was not passed in the record

Returns:

the parsed Java object

Throws:

TypeConversionException - if the text cannot be parsed

format

public String format(Object value)

Description copied from interface: TypeHandler

Formats a Java object into field text.

Parameters:

value - the Java object to format, which may be null

Returns:

the formatted field text, or null to indicate the value is not present, or TypeHandler.NIL for XML formatted streams

getType

public Class<?> getType()

Description copied from interface: TypeHandler

Returns the class type supported by this handler. Primitive types should not be returned by this method- use the object equivalent instead.

Returns:

the class type supported by this handler