Package org.dspace.sort

Class OrderFormatDate

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.sort.OrderFormatDate

All Implemented Interfaces:

OrderFormatDelegate

public class OrderFormatDate
extends Object
implements OrderFormatDelegate

Standard date ordering delegate implementation. The only "special" need is to treat dates with less than 4-digit year.

Author:

Andrea Bollini

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
OrderFormatDate()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	makeSortString(String value, String language)	Prepare the appropriate sort string for the given value in the given language.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

OrderFormatDate

public OrderFormatDate()

Method Details

makeSortString

public String makeSortString(String value,
 String language)

Description copied from interface: OrderFormatDelegate

Prepare the appropriate sort string for the given value in the given language. Language should be supplied with the ISO-6390-1 or ISO-639-2 standards. For example "en" or "eng".

Specified by:

makeSortString in interface OrderFormatDelegate

Parameters:

value - the string value

language - the language to interpret in

Returns:

the sort string