org.tigris.scarab.util.xmlissues
Class BaseDate

java.lang.Object
  org.tigris.scarab.util.xmlissues.BaseDate

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CreatedDate, EndDate, ModifiedDate

public class BaseDate

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

BaseDate is a base class for Modified and Created dates.

Version:

$Id: BaseDate.java 8470 2003-08-12 06:29:37Z parun $

Author:

Jon Scott Stevens, Daniel Rall

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

BaseDate()

Method Summary

java.util.Date	getDate()
java.lang.String	getFormat()
java.lang.String	getTimestamp()
void	setFormat(java.lang.String format)
void	setTimestamp(java.lang.String timestamp)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BaseDate

public BaseDate()

Method Detail

setFormat

public void setFormat(java.lang.String format)

getFormat

public java.lang.String getFormat()

setTimestamp

public void setTimestamp(java.lang.String timestamp)

getTimestamp

public java.lang.String getTimestamp()

getDate

public java.util.Date getDate()
                       throws java.text.ParseException

Returns:

The date inferred from the #format (defaults to #DEFAULT_FORMAT) and #timestamp instance fields, or null if insufficient information.

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - Error parsing #timestamp using #format.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()