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Posted to dev@turbine.apache.org by qu...@apache.org on 2003/01/20 23:49:14 UTC
cvs commit: jakarta-turbine-2/src/java/org/apache/turbine/services/pull/util DateFormatter.java
quintonm 2003/01/20 14:49:14
Added: src/java/org/apache/turbine/services/pull/util
DateFormatter.java
Log:
Simple pull tool to allow formatting dates into Strings.
Revision Changes Path
1.1 jakarta-turbine-2/src/java/org/apache/turbine/services/pull/util/DateFormatter.java
Index: DateFormatter.java
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package org.apache.turbine.services.pull.util;
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import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
import org.apache.turbine.services.pull.ApplicationTool;
/**
* This pull tool is used to format date objects into strings.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:qmccombs@nequalsone.com">Quinton McCombs</a>
* @version $Id: DateFormatter.java,v 1.1 2003/01/20 22:49:14 quintonm Exp $
*/
public class DateFormatter
implements ApplicationTool
{
/** Used for formatting date objects */
private SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat();
/** Default date format */
private static final String defaultFormat = "MM/dd/yyyy";
/**
* Initialize the application tool. The data parameter holds a different
* type depending on how the tool is being instantiated:
* <ul>
* <li>For global tools data will be null
* <li>For request tools data will be of type RunData
* <li>For session and persistent tools data will be of type User
*
* @param data initialization data
*/
public void init(Object data)
{
}
/**
* Refresh the application tool. This is
* necessary for development work where you
* probably want the tool to refresh itself
* if it is using configuration information
* that is typically cached after initialization
*/
public void refresh()
{
}
/**
* Formats the given date as a String using the default date format.
* The default date format is MM/dd/yyyy
*
* @param theDate date to format
* @return String value of the date
*/
public String format(Date theDate)
{
return format(theDate, defaultFormat);
}
/**
* Formats the given date as a String.
*
* @param theDate date to format
* @param dateFormatString format string to use. See java.text.SimpleDateFormat
* for details.
* @return String value of the date
*/
public String format(Date theDate, String dateFormatString)
{
String result = null;
if(StringUtils.isEmpty(dateFormatString) || theDate == null)
{
result = "";
}
else
{
this.sdf.applyPattern(dateFormatString);
result = this.sdf.format(theDate);
}
return result;
}
}
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Re: cvs commit: jakarta-turbine-2/src/java/org/apache/turbine/services/pull/util DateFormatter.java
Posted by Rodney Schneider <ro...@actf.com.au>.
On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 09:49, you wrote:
> quintonm 2003/01/20 14:49:14
>
> Added: src/java/org/apache/turbine/services/pull/util
> DateFormatter.java
> Log:
> Simple pull tool to allow formatting dates into Strings.
Hi Quinton,
There is a better tool (DateTool) for doing this in the Velocity Tools
subproject. See:
http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/jakarta-velocity-tools/tools/src/java/org/apache/velocity/tools/tools/
Regards,
-- Rodney
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