com.itextpdf.zugferd.validation.basic

Class DateFormatCode

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.zugferd.validation.CodeValidation

com.itextpdf.zugferd.validation.basic.DateFormatCode

public class DateFormatCode
extends CodeValidation

Class that can be used to check a code for a date format. Additionally, this class also contains some methods that allow you to convert dates to strings and vice-versa based on a given format.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	YYYYMM The Constant YYYYMM.
static String	YYYYMMDD The Constant YYYYMMDD.
static String	YYYYWW The Constant YYYYWW.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DateFormatCode()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Date	convertToDate(String d, String format) Converts a string to a date in a specific format.
String	convertToString(Date d, String format) Converts a date to a string.
static SimpleDateFormat	getDateFormat(String format) Gets the date format.
boolean	isValid(String format) Checks if a specific code is valid.

Methods inherited from class com.itextpdf.zugferd.validation.CodeValidation

check, isLowercase, isNumeric, isUppercase

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

YYYYMMDD

public static final String YYYYMMDD

The Constant YYYYMMDD.

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Constant Field Values

YYYYMM

public static final String YYYYMM

The Constant YYYYMM.

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Constant Field Values

YYYYWW

public static final String YYYYWW

The Constant YYYYWW.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

DateFormatCode

public DateFormatCode()

Method Detail

getDateFormat

public static SimpleDateFormat getDateFormat(String format)
                                      throws InvalidCodeException

Gets the date format.

Parameters:

format - the format

Returns:

the date format

Throws:

InvalidCodeException - the invalid code exception

isValid

public boolean isValid(String format)

Description copied from class: CodeValidation

Checks if a specific code is valid.

Specified by:

isValid in class CodeValidation

Parameters:

format - the value you want to check

Returns:

true if the code is valid

convertToString

public String convertToString(Date d,
                              String format)
                       throws InvalidCodeException

Converts a date to a string.

Parameters:

d - the date

format - the format

Returns:

the resulting string

Throws:

InvalidCodeException - the invalid code exception

convertToDate

public Date convertToDate(String d,
                          String format)
                   throws InvalidCodeException,
                          ParseException

Converts a string to a date in a specific format.

Parameters:

d - the date

format - the format

Returns:

the resulting string

Throws:

InvalidCodeException - the invalid code exception

ParseException - the parse exception