org.exolab.castor.types
Class DateTime

java.lang.Object
  org.exolab.castor.types.DateTimeBase
      org.exolab.castor.types.DateTime

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

public class DateTime
extends DateTimeBase

Describe an XML schema DateTime.

The format is defined by W3C XML Schema Recommendation and ISO8601 i.e (-)CCYY-MM-DD'T'HH:MM:SS(.SSSSS)(Z|(+|-)hh:mm)

Version:

$Revision: 0000 $

Author:

Edward Kuns

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.exolab.castor.types.DateTimeBase

EQUALS, GREATER_THAN, INDETERMINATE, LESS_THAN, MAX_TIME_ZONE_COMPARISON_OFFSET, WRONGLY_PLACED

Constructor Summary

DateTime()
Default constructor.

DateTime(Date dateRef)
Creates a new XML Schema DateTime instance from a java.util.Date.

DateTime(long dateAsLong)
Creates a new XML Schema DateTime instance from a long that represents a Date.

DateTime(short[] values)
Constructs a XML Schema DateTime instance given all the values of the different date and time (but not time zone) fields.

DateTime(String date)
Constructs a DateTime from a String.

Method Summary

short[]	getValues() Returns an array of shorts with all the fields that describe this DateTime type.
static DateTime	parse(String str) Parses a String into a new DateTime instance.
static DateTime	parseDateTime(String str) Parses a String into a new DateTime instance.
void	setValues(short[] values) Sets all the fields to the values provided in an Array.
Date	toDate() Converts this DateTime into a local java.util.Date.
long	toLong() Converts this DateTime into a long value representing a java.util.Date.
String	toString() Converts this DateTime to a string.

Methods inherited from class org.exolab.castor.types.DateTimeBase

addDuration, appendDateString, appendTimeString, appendTimeZoneString, clone, compareTo, equal, equals, getCentury, getDay, getHour, getMilli, getMinute, getMonth, getSeconds, getYear, getZoneHour, getZoneMinute, hasCentury, hasDay, hashCode, hasHour, hasIsNegative, hasMilli, hasMinute, hasMonth, hasSeconds, hasYear, isLeap, isNegative, isUTC, isZoneNegative, normalize, parseDay, parseMonth, parseTime, parseTimeZone, parseYear, setCentury, setDateFormatTimeZone, setDateFormatTimeZone, setDay, setHour, setMilliSecond, setMinute, setMonth, setNegative, setSecond, setSecond, setUTC, setYear, setZone, setZoneHour, setZoneMinute, setZoneNegative, toCalendar

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DateTime

public DateTime()

Default constructor.

DateTime

public DateTime(short[] values)

Constructs a XML Schema DateTime instance given all the values of the different date and time (but not time zone) fields.

By default a DateTime is not UTC, and is local. To set a timezone, you need to separately call DateTimeBase.setZone(short, short).

Parameters:

values - an array of shorts that represent the different fields of Time.

See Also:

setValues(short[])

DateTime

public DateTime(long dateAsLong)

Creates a new XML Schema DateTime instance from a long that represents a Date. No time zone information is set.

By default a DateTime is not UTC, and is local. To set a timezone, you need to separately call DateTimeBase.setZone(short, short).

Parameters:

dateAsLong - java.util.Date represented as a long.

DateTime

public DateTime(Date dateRef)

Creates a new XML Schema DateTime instance from a java.util.Date. No time zone information is set.

By default a DateTime is not UTC, and is local. To set a timezone, you need to separately call DateTimeBase.setZone(short, short).

Parameters:

dateRef - a java.util.Date to convert.

DateTime

public DateTime(String date)
         throws ParseException

Constructs a DateTime from a String. The String is expected to be in W3C Schema DateTime format.

Parameters:

date - the string representing the date

Throws:

ParseException - if we are passed an illegal value

Method Detail

setValues

public void setValues(short[] values)

Sets all the fields to the values provided in an Array. The Array must be at least eight entries long. Extra entries are ignored. The order of entries in the array is as follows:

• century
• year
• month
• day
• hour
• minute
• second
• millisecond

If a Time Zone is to be specified, it has to be set separately by using setZone. A time zone previously set will not be cleared.

Specified by:

setValues in class DateTimeBase

Parameters:

values - An array of shorts containing the values for the DateTime

getValues

public short[] getValues()

Returns an array of shorts with all the fields that describe this DateTime type. The order of entries in the array is as follows:

• century
• year
• month
• day
• hour
• minute
• second
• millisecond

Note:the time zone is not included.

Specified by:

getValues in class DateTimeBase

Returns:

an array of short with all the fields that describe this Date type.

toDate

public Date toDate()

Converts this DateTime into a local java.util.Date.

Specified by:

toDate in class DateTimeBase

Returns:

a local java.util.Date representing this DateTime.

toLong

public long toLong()

Converts this DateTime into a long value representing a java.util.Date.

Returns:

This DateTime instance as a long value representing a java.util.Date.

toString

public String toString()

Converts this DateTime to a string. The format is defined by W3C XML Schema recommendation and ISO8601: (+|-)CCYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.SSS(+/-)HH:SS

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string representing this Date

parse

public static DateTime parse(String str)
                      throws ParseException

Parses a String into a new DateTime instance.

Parameters:

str - the string to parse

Returns:

a new DateTime instance with the value of the parsed string.

Throws:

ParseException - If the string to parse does not follow the right format

parseDateTime

public static DateTime parseDateTime(String str)
                              throws ParseException

Parses a String into a new DateTime instance.

Parameters:

str - the string to parse

Returns:

a new DateTime instance with the value of the parsed string.

Throws:

ParseException - If the string to parse does not follow the right format