griffon.core.formatters

Class DateFormatter

java.lang.Object

griffon.core.formatters.AbstractFormatter<Date>

griffon.core.formatters.DateFormatter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Formatter<Date>

public class DateFormatter
extends AbstractFormatter<Date>

Since:

2.0.0

Author:

Andres Almiray

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DateFormatter()
DateFormatter(String pattern)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	format(Date date) Formats an instance into its literal representation.
String	getPattern()
Date	parse(String str) Parses a literal representation into an instance of type T.

Methods inherited from class griffon.core.formatters.AbstractFormatter

parseError, parseError, parseHexInt, parseHexInt

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateFormatter

public DateFormatter()

DateFormatter

public DateFormatter(@Nullable
             String pattern)

Method Detail

getPattern

@Nonnull
public String getPattern()

format

@Nullable
public String format(@Nullable
                     Date date)

Description copied from interface: Formatter

Formats an instance into its literal representation.

The resulting String may be set as an argument to Formatter.parse(java.lang.String) resulting in a similar instance as the input.

Parameters:

date - the instance to be formatted

Returns:

A String representing the instance's state.

parse

@Nullable
public Date parse(@Nullable
                  String str)
           throws ParseException

Description copied from interface: Formatter

Parses a literal representation into an instance of type T.

The resulting instance T may be set as an argument to Formatter.format(T) resulting in an equal String as the input.

Parameters:

str - the String to be parsed

Returns:

an instance of type T whose state is initialized given the parameters of the input String.

Throws:

ParseException - if the String cannot be parsed.