Package org.mycore.datamodel.common

Class MCRISO8601Date

java.lang.Object

org.mycore.datamodel.common.MCRISO8601Date

public class MCRISO8601Date
extends Object

holds info about a specific point in time. This class is used for handling ISO 8601 like date and dateTime formatted strings.

Author:

Thomas Scheffler (yagee)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	PROPERTY_STRICT_PARSING

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MCRISO8601Date()	creates an empty instance. use setDate(String) to parse a date/time by this instance.
MCRISO8601Date(String isoString)	same as MCRISO8601Date() and setDate(String).

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
String	format(String format, Locale locale)	formats the date to a String.
String	format(String format, Locale locale, String timeZone)	formats the date to a String.
final Date	getDate()	returns the Date representing this element.
TemporalAccessor	getDt()
MCRISO8601Format	getIsoFormat()
final String	getISOString()	returns a ISO 8601 conform String using the current set format.
static MCRISO8601Date	now()
final void	setDate(String isoString)	sets the date for this meta data object
void	setDate(Date dt)	sets the date for this meta data object.
void	setFormat(String format)	sets the input and output format. please use only the formats defined on the W3C Page, which are also exported as static fields by this class.
void	setFormat(MCRISO8601Format isoFormat)	sets the input and output format. please use only the formats defined on the W3C Page, which are also exported as static fields by this class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

PROPERTY_STRICT_PARSING

public static final String PROPERTY_STRICT_PARSING

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

MCRISO8601Date

public MCRISO8601Date()

creates an empty instance. use setDate(String) to parse a date/time by this instance.

MCRISO8601Date

public MCRISO8601Date(String isoString)

same as MCRISO8601Date() and setDate(String).

Parameters:

isoString - a date or dateTime string as defined on W3C Page

Method Details

now

public static MCRISO8601Date now()

format

public String format(String format,
 Locale locale)

formats the date to a String.

Parameters:

format - as in MCRISO8601Format

locale - used by format process

Returns:

null if date is not set yet

format

public String format(String format,
 Locale locale,
 String timeZone)

formats the date to a String.

Parameters:

format - as in MCRISO8601Format

locale - used by format process

timeZone - valid timeZone id, e.g. "Europe/Berlin", or null

Returns:

null if date is not set yet

getDate

public final Date getDate()

returns the Date representing this element.

Returns:

a new Date instance of the time set in this element

getDt

public TemporalAccessor getDt()

Returns:

the dt

getIsoFormat

public MCRISO8601Format getIsoFormat()

Returns:

the isoFormat

getISOString

public final String getISOString()

returns a ISO 8601 conform String using the current set format.

Returns:

date in ISO 8601 format, or null if date is unset.

setDate

public void setDate(Date dt)

sets the date for this meta data object.

Parameters:

dt - Date object representing date String in Element

setDate

public final void setDate(String isoString)

sets the date for this meta data object

Parameters:

isoString - Date in any form that is a valid W3C dateTime

setFormat

public void setFormat(MCRISO8601Format isoFormat)

sets the input and output format. please use only the formats defined on the W3C Page, which are also exported as static fields by this class.

setFormat

public void setFormat(String format)

sets the input and output format. please use only the formats defined on the W3C Page, which are also exported as static fields by this class.

Parameters:

format - a format string that is valid conforming to xsd:duration schema type.

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object