Class TimeConverter

java.lang.Object

com.twelvemonkeys.util.convert.NumberConverter

com.twelvemonkeys.util.convert.TimeConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyConverter

public class TimeConverter
extends NumberConverter

Converts strings to times and back.

This class has a static cache of TimeFormats, to avoid creation and parsing of timeformats every time one is used.

Version:

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Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TimeConverter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
private TimeFormat	getTimeFormat(String pFormat)
Object	toObject(String pString, Class pType, String pFormat)	Converts the string to a time, using the given format for parsing.
String	toString(Object pObject, String pFormat)	Converts the object to a string, using the given format

Methods inherited from class NumberConverter

getFormat

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

TimeConverter

public TimeConverter()

Method Details

toObject

public Object toObject(String pString,
 Class pType,
 String pFormat)
                throws ConversionException

Converts the string to a time, using the given format for parsing.

Specified by:

toObject in interface PropertyConverter

Overrides:

toObject in class NumberConverter

Parameters:

pString - the string to convert.

pType - the type to convert to. PropertyConverter implementations may choose to ignore this parameter.

pFormat - the format used for parsing. PropertyConverter implementations may choose to ignore this parameter. Also, implementations that require a parser format, should provide a default format, and allow null as the format argument.

Returns:

the object created from the given string. May safely be typecast to com.twelvemonkeys.util.Time

Throws:

ConversionException

See Also:

• Time
• TimeFormat

toString

public String toString(Object pObject,
 String pFormat)
                throws ConversionException

Converts the object to a string, using the given format

Specified by:

toString in interface PropertyConverter

Overrides:

toString in class NumberConverter

Parameters:

pObject - the object to convert.

pFormat - the format used for parsing. PropertyConverter implementations may choose to ignore this parameter. Also, implementations that require a parser format, should provide a default format, and allow null as the format argument.

Returns:

the string representation of the object, on the correct format.

Throws:

ConversionException - if the object is not a subclass of com.twelvemonkeys.util.Time

See Also:

• Time
• TimeFormat

getTimeFormat

private TimeFormat getTimeFormat(String pFormat)