oracle.jbo.format
Class DefaultDateFormatter

java.lang.Object
  java.text.Format
      oracle.jbo.format.Formatter
          oracle.jbo.format.DefaultDateFormatter

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class DefaultDateFormatter
extends Formatter

Formatter class used to format date values.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.text.Format

java.text.Format.Field

Constructor Summary

DefaultDateFormatter()
Constructor

Method Summary

java.lang.StringBuffer	format(java.lang.Object obj, java.lang.StringBuffer toAppendTo, java.text.FieldPosition pos)
java.lang.String	format(java.lang.String formatString, java.lang.Object rawData) format raw data according to the format specified.
java.lang.String	getDefaultFormatString()
LocaleContext	getLocale()
java.lang.Object	parse(java.lang.String formatString, java.lang.String parseThisString) parse this string according to the format specified and return an object
java.lang.Object	parseObject(java.lang.String parseThisString, java.text.ParsePosition status)
void	setLocale(LocaleContext thisLocale) define locale to be used.

Methods inherited from class java.text.Format

clone, format, formatToCharacterIterator, parseObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultDateFormatter

public DefaultDateFormatter()

Constructor

Method Detail

format

public java.lang.String format(java.lang.String formatString,
                               java.lang.Object rawData)
                        throws FormatErrorException

format raw data according to the format specified.

Data is formatted per the 'format string' passed as an argument to this function.

Specified by:

format in class Formatter

Parameters:

formatString - code to define how the raw data should be formatted.

rawData - data which needs to be formatted.

Returns:

formatted string

Throws:

FormatErrorException - if unable to format the data according to the format specified.

parse

public java.lang.Object parse(java.lang.String formatString,
                              java.lang.String parseThisString)
                       throws java.text.ParseException

parse this string according to the format specified and return an object

Specified by:

parse in class Formatter

Parameters:

formatString - code to define how the raw data should be parsed.

parseThisString - data which needs to be parsed.

Returns:

object which represents the string parsed.

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - when unable to parse data according to the format specified.

setLocale

public void setLocale(LocaleContext thisLocale)
               throws UnknownLocaleException

define locale to be used. Formatter will need to make locale specific formatting if applicable

Specified by:

setLocale in class Formatter

Parameters:

thisLocale - locale to be used

Throws:

UnknownLocaleException - if the formatter does'nt support the specified Locale.

getLocale

public LocaleContext getLocale()

Specified by:

getLocale in class Formatter

Returns:

Locale currently in use

parseObject

public java.lang.Object parseObject(java.lang.String parseThisString,
                                    java.text.ParsePosition status)

Specified by:

parseObject in class java.text.Format

Parameters:

parseThisString - data which needs to be parsed

status - parse to start from this position

Returns:

object which represents the string parsed

format

public java.lang.StringBuffer format(java.lang.Object obj,
                                     java.lang.StringBuffer toAppendTo,
                                     java.text.FieldPosition pos)

Specified by:

format in class java.text.Format

Parameters:

obj - object which needs to be formatted

toAppendTo - appended formatted string here

pos - additional information about the formatting performed. see java.text.FieldPosition for more information

Returns:

formatted string

getDefaultFormatString

public java.lang.String getDefaultFormatString()

Overrides:

getDefaultFormatString in class Formatter

Returns:

the default format string to use for format/parse requests processed by this formatter type.