org.gvsig.tools.dataTypes.impl.coercion

Class CoerceToDate

java.lang.Object

org.gvsig.tools.dataTypes.impl.coercion.AbstractCoerceToDate

org.gvsig.tools.dataTypes.impl.coercion.CoerceToDate

All Implemented Interfaces:

DataTypesManager.Coercion, DataTypesManager.CoercionWithLocale

public class CoerceToDate
extends AbstractCoerceToDate

Coerces a value to a Date. If the value is not a Date, it will use the Object.toString() method to convert the resulting String to a Date object using the current locale default formatter for Date through the DateFormat.getDateInstance(int) method and the DateFormat.SHORT style.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CoerceToDate()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	coerce(Object value)
protected DateFormat	createFormatter(Locale locale) Returns the DateFormat to apply when the value to coerce is not of Date type and it will be parsed as String.
protected String	getDateType() Returns the name of the Date type being coerced.

Methods inherited from class org.gvsig.tools.dataTypes.impl.coercion.AbstractCoerceToDate

coerce, coerce

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CoerceToDate

public CoerceToDate()

Method Detail

createFormatter

protected DateFormat createFormatter(Locale locale)

Description copied from class: AbstractCoerceToDate

Returns the DateFormat to apply when the value to coerce is not of Date type and it will be parsed as String.

Specified by:

createFormatter in class AbstractCoerceToDate

Returns:

the DateFormat to apply to parse the value to coerce as String

coerce

public Object coerce(Object value)
              throws CoercionException

Specified by:

coerce in interface DataTypesManager.Coercion

Overrides:

coerce in class AbstractCoerceToDate

Throws:

CoercionException

getDateType

protected String getDateType()

Description copied from class: AbstractCoerceToDate

Returns the name of the Date type being coerced. Ex: Date, DateTime, Time. Only used for description when an error is produced when coercing the value.

Specified by:

getDateType in class AbstractCoerceToDate

Returns:

the name of the Date type being coerced