com.univocity.parsers.conversions
Class DateConversion

java.lang.Object
  com.univocity.parsers.conversions.ObjectConversion<Date>
      com.univocity.parsers.conversions.DateConversion

All Implemented Interfaces:

Conversion<String,Date>, FormattedConversion<SimpleDateFormat>

public class DateConversion
extends ObjectConversion<Date>
implements FormattedConversion<SimpleDateFormat>

Converts Strings to instances of Date and vice versa.

This class supports multiple date formats. For example, you can define conversions from dates represented by different Strings such as "2001/05/02 and Dec/2013".

The reverse conversion from a Date to String (in revert(Date) will return a formatted String using the date pattern provided in this class constructor

The date patterns must follows the pattern rules of SimpleDateFormat

Author:

uniVocity Software Pty Ltd - parsers@univocity.com

See Also:

SimpleDateFormat

Constructor Summary

DateConversion(Date valueIfStringIsNull, String valueIfObjectIsNull, String... dateFormats)
Defines a conversion from String to Date using a sequence of acceptable date patterns.

DateConversion(String... dateFormats)
Defines a conversion from String to Date using a sequence of acceptable date patterns.

Method Summary

protected Date	fromString(String input) Converts a formatted date String to an instance of Date.
SimpleDateFormat[]	getFormatterObjects() Returns the formatter objects
String	revert(Date input) Converts Date to a formatted date String.

Methods inherited from class com.univocity.parsers.conversions.ObjectConversion

execute, getValueIfObjectIsNull, getValueIfStringIsNull, setValueIfObjectIsNull, setValueIfStringIsNull

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateConversion

public DateConversion(Date valueIfStringIsNull,
                      String valueIfObjectIsNull,
                      String... dateFormats)

Defines a conversion from String to Date using a sequence of acceptable date patterns. This constructor assumes the output of a conversion should be null when input is null

Parameters:

valueIfStringIsNull - default Date value to be returned when the input String is null. Used when ObjectConversion.execute(String) is invoked.

valueIfObjectIsNull - default String value to be returned when a Date input is null. Used when revert(Date) is invoked.

dateFormats - list of acceptable date patterns The first pattern in this sequence will be used to convert a Date into a String in revert(Date).

DateConversion

public DateConversion(String... dateFormats)

Defines a conversion from String to Date using a sequence of acceptable date patterns. This constructor assumes the output of a conversion should be null when input is null

Parameters:

dateFormats - list of acceptable date patterns The first pattern in this sequence will be used to convert a Date into a String in revert(Date).

Method Detail

revert

public String revert(Date input)

Converts Date to a formatted date String.

The pattern used to generate the formatted date is the first date pattern provided in the constructor of this class

Specified by:

revert in interface Conversion<String,Date>

Overrides:

revert in class ObjectConversion<Date>

Parameters:

input - the Date to be converted to a String

Returns:

a formatted date String representing the date provided by the given Date, or the value of valueIfObjectIsNull if the Date parameter is null.

fromString

protected Date fromString(String input)

Converts a formatted date String to an instance of Date.

The pattern in the formatted date must match one of the date patterns provided in the constructor of this class.

Specified by:

fromString in class ObjectConversion<Date>

Parameters:

input - the String containing a formatted date which must be converted to a Date

Returns:

the Date instance containing the date information represented by the given String, or the value of valueIfObjectIsNull if the String input is null.

getFormatterObjects

public SimpleDateFormat[] getFormatterObjects()

Description copied from interface: FormattedConversion

Returns the formatter objects

Specified by:

getFormatterObjects in interface FormattedConversion<SimpleDateFormat>

Returns:

the formatter objects used to apply formatting to values to generate formatted Strings, and parsing formatted Strings into values