com.mentata.sg8
Class SG8DateAttribute

java.lang.Object
  com.mentata.l3d.L3DAttribute
      com.mentata.sg8.SG8StringAttribute
          com.mentata.sg8.SG8DateAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator, SG8Attribute

public class SG8DateAttribute

extends SG8StringAttribute

A date attribute for use with SG8 objects. This attribute type represents Universal Time Code date/time signatures or date fragments that are translated into localized, formatted strings for HTML output. Instances can be configured to use standard Java date styles for the formatting.

Since:

0.7

Author:

Jon Roberts

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.mentata.sg8.SG8Attribute

TEXT_RESOURCES

Constructor Summary

SG8DateAttribute()
Creates an empty date attribute with the DateFormat.LONG style.

SG8DateAttribute(int style)
Creates an empty date attribute with a given DateFormat style.

Method Summary

String[]

getHTMLValues() Returns the attribute values as translated to a formatted date.

Methods inherited from class com.mentata.sg8.SG8StringAttribute

getHyperlink, getSeparator, getSG8Object, getUpdateHTML, isAugmenting, isHTMLExceeded, processUpdateHTML, setAugmenting, setHTMLThreshold, setSeparator

Methods inherited from class com.mentata.l3d.L3DAttribute

addValue, compare, getAttribute, getBind, getContext, getLabel, getLengthThreshold, getName, getObject, getObject, getPrerequisites, getShortValues, getSize, getThreshold, getValues, initialize, isBound, isExceeded, isGenerated, isLengthExceeded, isMultivalue, isRequired, removeValue, same, setGenerated, setLabel, setLengthThreshold, setPrerequisites, setThreshold, setValues

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals

Constructor Detail

SG8DateAttribute

public SG8DateAttribute()

Creates an empty date attribute with the DateFormat.LONG style.

SG8DateAttribute

public SG8DateAttribute(int style)

Creates an empty date attribute with a given DateFormat style.

Parameters:

style - the date length pattern, like DateFormat.SHORT

Method Detail

getHTMLValues

public String[] getHTMLValues()
                       throws SG8Exception

Returns the attribute values as translated to a formatted date.

Specified by:

getHTMLValues in interface SG8Attribute

Overrides:

getHTMLValues in class SG8StringAttribute

Returns:

formatted date signatures

Throws:

SG8Exception