com.sap.portal.httpconnectivity.transformationservice.xslextensions
Class XSLDateFormatter

java.lang.Object
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public class XSLDateFormatter

extends java.lang.Object

Date extention class, used for converting dates to standard outpupt format. Valid input types are Dublin-Core and GMT. Output formats defined on run-time. For more information about the format see <i>java.text.SimpleDateFormat</i>

Constructor Summary

XSLDateFormatter()
Creates a new XSLDateFormatter object.

XSLDateFormatter(java.lang.String inDate, java.lang.String format)
Creates a new XSLDateFormatter object.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	format(java.lang.String date) Formats a date according to current format
static java.lang.String	formatDate(java.lang.String date, java.lang.String format) Format a date according to inserted format
static java.lang.String	formatDate(java.lang.String date, java.lang.String inFormat, java.lang.String outFormat) Format date with format defined in the inFormat parameter to a format defined in the outFormat parameter.
void	setDate(java.lang.String date) Set a string representing a date
void	setFormat(java.lang.String format) Set the output format of the date

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XSLDateFormatter

public XSLDateFormatter()

Creates a new XSLDateFormatter object.

XSLDateFormatter

public XSLDateFormatter(java.lang.String inDate,
                        java.lang.String format)

Creates a new XSLDateFormatter object.

Parameters:

inDate - string represent the date

format - the output format

Method Detail

setDate

public void setDate(java.lang.String date)

Set a string representing a date

Parameters:

date - the string that represent a date

setFormat

public void setFormat(java.lang.String format)

Set the output format of the date

Parameters:

format - the output format of the date

format

public java.lang.String format(java.lang.String date)

Formats a date according to current format

Parameters:

date - string represnt the date

Returns:

formated string represents the date

formatDate

public static java.lang.String formatDate(java.lang.String date,
                                          java.lang.String format)

Format a date according to inserted format

Parameters:

date - string represent the date

format - the output format

Returns:

formatted date string

formatDate

public static java.lang.String formatDate(java.lang.String date,
                                          java.lang.String inFormat,
                                          java.lang.String outFormat)

Format date with format defined in the inFormat parameter to a format defined in the outFormat parameter.

Parameters:

date - string representing the date

inFormat - the input format

outFormat - the output format

Returns:

the formated string representation of the date or the original one when cannot format.