org.gvsig.tools.dataTypes.impl.coercion

Class AbstractCoerceToDate

java.lang.Object

org.gvsig.tools.dataTypes.AbstractCoercion

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Coercion

Direct Known Subclasses:

CoerceToDate, CoerceToTime, CoerceToTimestamp

public abstract class AbstractCoerceToDate
extends AbstractCoercion

Abstract implementation for Date coercion classes. If the value is not a Date, it will use the Object.toString() method to convert the resulting String to a Date object.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractCoerceToDate()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	coerce(java.lang.Object value)
java.lang.Object	coerce(java.lang.Object value, CoercionContext context)
protected java.lang.Object	coerce(java.lang.Object value, java.text.DateFormat[] formatters)
protected abstract java.lang.String	getDateType() Returns the name of the Date type being coerced.
protected abstract java.text.DateFormat[]	getFormatters(java.util.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 java.util.Date	now()
protected java.util.Date	valueOf(java.util.Date value)
protected java.util.Date	valueOf(java.lang.String value)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractCoerceToDate

public AbstractCoerceToDate()

Method Detail

coerce

public java.lang.Object coerce(java.lang.Object value)
                        throws CoercionException

Specified by:

coerce in interface Coercion

Overrides:

coerce in class AbstractCoercion

Throws:

CoercionException

coerce

public java.lang.Object coerce(java.lang.Object value,
                               CoercionContext context)
                        throws CoercionException

Throws:

CoercionException

coerce

protected java.lang.Object coerce(java.lang.Object value,
                                  java.text.DateFormat[] formatters)
                           throws CoercionException

Throws:

CoercionException

getFormatters

protected abstract java.text.DateFormat[] getFormatters(java.util.Locale locale)

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

Parameters:

locale -

Returns:

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

now

protected java.util.Date now()

valueOf

protected java.util.Date valueOf(java.lang.String value)

valueOf

protected java.util.Date valueOf(java.util.Date value)

getDateType

protected abstract java.lang.String getDateType()

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.

Returns:

the name of the Date type being coerced