org.castor.cpa.persistence.convertor
Class AbstractDateTypeConvertor

java.lang.Object
  org.castor.cpa.persistence.convertor.AbstractTypeConvertor
      org.castor.cpa.persistence.convertor.AbstractDateTypeConvertor

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, org.exolab.castor.mapping.TypeConvertor, TypeConvertor

Direct Known Subclasses:

BigDecimalToDate, DateToBigDecimal, DateToDouble, DateToInteger, DateToString, DoubleToDate, IntegerToDate, SqlTimestampToString, StringToDate, StringToSqlTimestamp

public abstract class AbstractDateTypeConvertor

extends AbstractTypeConvertor

Abstract base class to convert from one type to another without any configuration or parameters.

Since:

1.1.3

Version:

$Revision: 7134 $ $Date: 2006-04-25 15:08:23 -0600 (Tue, 25 Apr 2006) $

Author:

Ralf Joachim

Constructor Summary

AbstractDateTypeConvertor(java.lang.Class fromType, java.lang.Class toType)
Construct a Converter between given fromType an toType.

Method Summary

void	configure(org.castor.core.util.Configuration configuration) Configure the converter with given configuration.
protected static java.text.SimpleDateFormat	getDefaultDateFormat() Use this accessor to access the DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT.
protected static java.lang.String	getFullDatePattern(java.lang.String pattern) Transforms short date format pattern into full format pattern for SimpleDateFormat (e.g., "YMD" to "yyyyMMdd").

Methods inherited from class org.castor.cpa.persistence.convertor.AbstractTypeConvertor

clone, fromType, toString, toType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.castor.cpa.persistence.convertor.TypeConvertor

convert, parameterize

Constructor Detail

AbstractDateTypeConvertor

public AbstractDateTypeConvertor(java.lang.Class fromType,
                                 java.lang.Class toType)

Construct a Converter between given fromType an toType.

Parameters:

fromType - The type being converted from.

toType - The type being converted to.

Method Detail

getDefaultDateFormat

protected static final java.text.SimpleDateFormat getDefaultDateFormat()

Use this accessor to access the DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT.

Returns:

A clone of DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT.

getFullDatePattern

protected static java.lang.String getFullDatePattern(java.lang.String pattern)

Transforms short date format pattern into full format pattern for SimpleDateFormat (e.g., "YMD" to "yyyyMMdd").

Parameters:

pattern - The short pattern.

Returns:

The full pattern.

configure

public final void configure(org.castor.core.util.Configuration configuration)

Configure the converter with given configuration.

Parameters:

configuration - Configuration to use.