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commonj.sdo.helper
Interface DataHelper

All Known Implementing Classes:
SDODataHelper

public interface DataHelper

Data helper methods.


Field Summary
static DataHelper INSTANCE
          The default DataHelper.
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.Object convert(Property property, java.lang.Object value)
          Convert the specified value to an instance of the specified property's type.
 java.lang.Object convert(Type type, java.lang.Object value)
          Convert the specified value to an instance of the specified type.
 java.util.Calendar toCalendar(java.lang.String dateString)
          Convert from a String representation of an SDO date type to a Calendar using the default locale.
 java.util.Calendar toCalendar(java.lang.String dateString, java.util.Locale locale)
          Convert from a String representation of an SDO date type to a Calendar using the specified locale, or the default locale if the locale is null.
 java.util.Date toDate(java.lang.String dateString)
          Convert from a String representation of an SDO date type to a Date.
 java.lang.String toDateTime(java.util.Calendar calendar)
          Convert from a Calendar to a String representation of the DateTime type.
 java.lang.String toDateTime(java.util.Date date)
          Convert from a Date to a String representation of the DateTime type.
 java.lang.String toDay(java.util.Calendar calendar)
          Convert from a Calendar to a String representation of the Day type.
 java.lang.String toDay(java.util.Date date)
          Convert from a Date to a String representation of the Day type.
 java.lang.String toDuration(java.util.Calendar calendar)
          Deprecated. There is no accepted algorithm to convert a date into a Duration so use of this method is discouraged. Convert from a Calendar to a String representation of the Duration type.
 java.lang.String toDuration(java.util.Date date)
          Deprecated. There is no accepted algorithm to convert a date into a Duration so use of this method is discouraged. Convert from a Date to a String representation of the Duration type.
 java.lang.String toMonth(java.util.Calendar calendar)
          Convert from a Calendar to a String representation of the Month type.
 java.lang.String toMonth(java.util.Date date)
          Convert from a Date to a String representation of the Month type.
 java.lang.String toMonthDay(java.util.Calendar calendar)
          Convert from a Calendar to a String representation of the MonthDay type.
 java.lang.String toMonthDay(java.util.Date date)
          Convert from a Date to a String representation of the MonthDay type.
 java.lang.String toTime(java.util.Calendar calendar)
          Convert from a Calendar to a String representation of the Time type.
 java.lang.String toTime(java.util.Date date)
          Convert from a Date to a String representation of the Time type.
 java.lang.String toYear(java.util.Calendar calendar)
          Convert from a Calendar to a String representation of the Year type.
 java.lang.String toYear(java.util.Date date)
          Convert from a Date to a String representation of the Year type.
 java.lang.String toYearMonth(java.util.Calendar calendar)
          Convert from a Calendar to a String representation of the YearMonth type.
 java.lang.String toYearMonth(java.util.Date date)
          Convert from a Date to a String representation of the YearMonth type.
 java.lang.String toYearMonthDay(java.util.Calendar calendar)
          Convert from a Calendar to a String representation of the YearMonthDay type.
 java.lang.String toYearMonthDay(java.util.Date date)
          Convert from a Date to a String representation of the YearMonthDay type.
 

Field Detail

INSTANCE

static final DataHelper INSTANCE
The default DataHelper.

Method Detail

toDate

java.util.Date toDate(java.lang.String dateString)
Convert from a String representation of an SDO date type to a Date.

Parameters:
dateString - the String representation of an SDO date type
Returns:
a Date representation of an SDO date type.
Throws:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - for invalid formats.

toCalendar

java.util.Calendar toCalendar(java.lang.String dateString)
Convert from a String representation of an SDO date type to a Calendar using the default locale. Same as toCalendar(dateString, null).

Parameters:
dateString - the String representation of an SDO date type
Returns:
a Calendar representation of an SDO date type.
Throws:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - for invalid formats.

toCalendar

java.util.Calendar toCalendar(java.lang.String dateString,
                              java.util.Locale locale)
Convert from a String representation of an SDO date type to a Calendar using the specified locale, or the default locale if the locale is null.

Parameters:
dateString - the String representation of an SDO date type
locale - the locale or null for default locale.
Returns:
a Calendar representation of an SDO date type.
Throws:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - for invalid formats.

toDateTime

java.lang.String toDateTime(java.util.Date date)
Convert from a Date to a String representation of the DateTime type.

Parameters:
date - the date
Returns:
a Date to a String representation of the DateTime type.

toDuration

java.lang.String toDuration(java.util.Date date)
Deprecated. There is no accepted algorithm to convert a date into a Duration so use of this method is discouraged. Convert from a Date to a String representation of the Duration type.

Parameters:
date - the date
Returns:
a Date to a String representation of the Duration type.

toTime

java.lang.String toTime(java.util.Date date)
Convert from a Date to a String representation of the Time type.

Parameters:
date - the date
Returns:
a Date to a String representation of the Time type.

toDay

java.lang.String toDay(java.util.Date date)
Convert from a Date to a String representation of the Day type.

Parameters:
date - the date
Returns:
a Date to a String representation of the Day type.

toMonth

java.lang.String toMonth(java.util.Date date)
Convert from a Date to a String representation of the Month type.

Parameters:
date - the date
Returns:
a Date to a String representation of the Month type.

toMonthDay

java.lang.String toMonthDay(java.util.Date date)
Convert from a Date to a String representation of the MonthDay type.

Parameters:
date - the date
Returns:
a Date to a String representation of the MonthDay type.

toYear

java.lang.String toYear(java.util.Date date)
Convert from a Date to a String representation of the Year type.

Parameters:
date - the date
Returns:
a Date to a String representation of the Year type.

toYearMonth

java.lang.String toYearMonth(java.util.Date date)
Convert from a Date to a String representation of the YearMonth type.

Parameters:
date - the date
Returns:
a Date to a String representation of the YearMonth type.

toYearMonthDay

java.lang.String toYearMonthDay(java.util.Date date)
Convert from a Date to a String representation of the YearMonthDay type.

Parameters:
date - the date
Returns:
a Date to a String representation of the YearMonthDay type.

toDateTime

java.lang.String toDateTime(java.util.Calendar calendar)
Convert from a Calendar to a String representation of the DateTime type.

Parameters:
calendar - the calendar to convert
Returns:
a Calendar to a String representation of the DateTime type.

toDuration

java.lang.String toDuration(java.util.Calendar calendar)
Deprecated. There is no accepted algorithm to convert a date into a Duration so use of this method is discouraged. Convert from a Calendar to a String representation of the Duration type.

Parameters:
calendar - the calendar to convert
Returns:
a Calendar to a String representation of the Duration type.

toTime

java.lang.String toTime(java.util.Calendar calendar)
Convert from a Calendar to a String representation of the Time type.

Parameters:
calendar - the calendar to convert
Returns:
a Calendar to a String representation of the Time type.

toDay

java.lang.String toDay(java.util.Calendar calendar)
Convert from a Calendar to a String representation of the Day type.

Parameters:
calendar - the calendar to convert
Returns:
a Calendar to a String representation of the Day type.

toMonth

java.lang.String toMonth(java.util.Calendar calendar)
Convert from a Calendar to a String representation of the Month type.

Parameters:
calendar - the calendar to convert
Returns:
a Calendar to a String representation of the Month type.

toMonthDay

java.lang.String toMonthDay(java.util.Calendar calendar)
Convert from a Calendar to a String representation of the MonthDay type.

Parameters:
calendar - the calendar to convert
Returns:
a Calendar to a String representation of the MonthDay type.

toYear

java.lang.String toYear(java.util.Calendar calendar)
Convert from a Calendar to a String representation of the Year type.

Parameters:
calendar - the calendar to convert
Returns:
a Calendar to a String representation of the Year type.

toYearMonth

java.lang.String toYearMonth(java.util.Calendar calendar)
Convert from a Calendar to a String representation of the YearMonth type.

Parameters:
calendar - the calendar to convert
Returns:
a Calendar to a String representation of the YearMonth type.

toYearMonthDay

java.lang.String toYearMonthDay(java.util.Calendar calendar)
Convert from a Calendar to a String representation of the YearMonthDay type.

Parameters:
calendar - the calendar to convert
Returns:
a Calendar to a String representation of the YearMonthDay type.

convert

java.lang.Object convert(Type type,
                         java.lang.Object value)
Convert the specified value to an instance of the specified type. Supported conversions are listed in Section 16 of the SDO specification.

Parameters:
type - the target data type.
value - the value to convert
Returns:
a value of the specified type's instance class
Throws:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the value could not be converted
See Also:
convert(Property, Object)

convert

java.lang.Object convert(Property property,
                         java.lang.Object value)
Convert the specified value to an instance of the specified property's type. The specified value must be a List if the property is many valued. In this case, all the values in the List are converted.

Parameters:
property - the target data type property.
value - the value or List of values to convert
Returns:
a converted value or list of converted values
Throws:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the value could not be converted
See Also:
convert(Type, Object)

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