Package org.odftoolkit.odfdom.type

Class Date

java.lang.Object

org.odftoolkit.odfdom.type.Date

All Implemented Interfaces:

OdfDataType, OdfFieldDataType

public class Date
extends Object
implements OdfFieldDataType, OdfDataType

This class represents the in OpenDocument format used data type date Details of the type can be found in the W3C XML Schema specification.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Date(XMLGregorianCalendar date)	Construct an newly Date object that represents the specified XMLGregorianCalendar value

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
XMLGregorianCalendar	getXMLGregorianCalendar()	Returns the value of this Date object as an XMLGregorianCalendar
static boolean	isValid(XMLGregorianCalendar date)	check if the specified XMLGregorianCalendar instance is a valid date data type
String	toString()	Returns a String Object representing this Date value
static Date	valueOf(String stringValue)	Returns a Date instance representing the specified String value

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Date

public Date(XMLGregorianCalendar date)
     throws IllegalArgumentException

Construct an newly Date object that represents the specified XMLGregorianCalendar value

Parameters:

date - the value to be represented by the Date Object

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the given argument is not a valid Date

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Returns a String Object representing this Date value

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

return a string representation of the value of this Date object

valueOf

public static Date valueOf(String stringValue)
                    throws IllegalArgumentException

Returns a Date instance representing the specified String value

Parameters:

stringValue - a String value

Returns:

return a Date instance representing stringValue

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If the stringValue is not a date

getXMLGregorianCalendar

public XMLGregorianCalendar getXMLGregorianCalendar()

Returns the value of this Date object as an XMLGregorianCalendar

Returns:

the XMLGregorianCalendar value of this Date object.

isValid

public static boolean isValid(XMLGregorianCalendar date)

check if the specified XMLGregorianCalendar instance is a valid date data type

Parameters:

date - the value to be tested

Returns:

true if the value of argument is valid for date data type false otherwise