quadbase.util

Class LocaleDateTimeFormat

java.lang.Object

quadbase.util.LocaleDateTimeFormat

All Implemented Interfaces:

IFormat

public class LocaleDateTimeFormat
extends java.lang.Object
implements IFormat

This class formats and parses date and/or time values in a locale-specific way. It cannot directly extand java.text.DateFormat because java.text.DateFormat is an abstract class. All formats implement quadbase.util.IFormat. Please use quadbase.util.IDataPointSet.setLabelFormat(int colIndex, IFormat format) to set the label format of a data column.

See Also:

DateTimeFormat, NumericFormat, LocaleNumericFormat, LogicalFormat, IFormat

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static int	DATE
static int	DATETIME
static int	TIME

Fields inherited from interface quadbase.util.IFormat

LOCALEDATETIME, LOCALENUMERIC, LOGICAL, NUMERIC

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.lang.String	format(java.lang.Object obj)	Define quadbase.util.IFormat.
static LocaleDateTimeFormat	getDateInstance()	Create an instance of date format for the default locale and style.
static LocaleDateTimeFormat	getDateInstance(int style)	Create an instance of date format for the default locale and the specified style.
static LocaleDateTimeFormat	getDateInstance(int style, java.util.Locale locale)	Create an instance of date format for the specified locale and style.
static LocaleDateTimeFormat	getDateInstance(java.util.Locale locale)	Create an instance of date format for the specified locale.
int	getDateStyle()	Get the date style.
static LocaleDateTimeFormat	getDateTimeInstance()	Create an instance of timestamp format for the default locale and styles.
static LocaleDateTimeFormat	getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle, int timeStyle)	Create an instance of timestamp format for the specified styles.
static LocaleDateTimeFormat	getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle, int timeStyle, java.util.Locale locale)	Create an instance of timestamp format for the specified styles and locale.
static LocaleDateTimeFormat	getDateTimeInstance(java.util.Locale locale)	Create an instance of timestamp format for the specified locale.
int	getFormatType()	Define quadbase.util.IFormat.
int	getInstanceType()	Get the type of instance.
static LocaleDateTimeFormat	getTimeInstance()	Create an instance of time format for the default locale and style.
static LocaleDateTimeFormat	getTimeInstance(int style)	Create an instance of time format for the specifed locale.
static LocaleDateTimeFormat	getTimeInstance(int style, java.util.Locale locale)	Create an instance of time format for the specifed locale and style.
static LocaleDateTimeFormat	getTimeInstance(java.util.Locale locale)	Create an instance of time format for the specifed locale.
int	getTimeStyle()	Get the time style.
java.util.TimeZone	getTimeZone()	Gets the time zone
void	setLocale(java.util.Locale locale)	Sets the format locale
void	setTimeZone(java.util.TimeZone zone)	Sets the time zone

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DATE

public static int DATE

TIME

public static int TIME

DATETIME

public static int DATETIME

Method Detail

setLocale

public void setLocale(java.util.Locale locale)

Sets the format locale

Parameters:

locale - The locale to become this format locale.

setTimeZone

public void setTimeZone(java.util.TimeZone zone)

Sets the time zone

Parameters:

zone - the given new time zone

getTimeZone

public java.util.TimeZone getTimeZone()

Gets the time zone

Returns:

the time zone associated with this format

getFormatType

public int getFormatType()

Define quadbase.util.IFormat. Return the type of quadbase.util.IFormat.

Specified by:

getFormatType in interface IFormat

Returns:

IFormat.LOCALEDATETIME

format

public java.lang.String format(java.lang.Object obj)

Define quadbase.util.IFormat. Format the object if it is an instance of java.sql.Date, java.sql.Time, java.sql.Timestamp. Otherwise, call the default toString() method. Argurment type java.util.Date is not supported here.

Specified by:

format in interface IFormat

Parameters:

obj - The target object

Returns:

Formatted string

getDateInstance

public static LocaleDateTimeFormat getDateInstance()

Create an instance of date format for the default locale and style.

Returns:

The new instance

getDateInstance

public static LocaleDateTimeFormat getDateInstance(int style)

Create an instance of date format for the default locale and the specified style.

Parameters:

style - The specifed style

Returns:

The new instance

See Also:

for all available styles

getDateInstance

public static LocaleDateTimeFormat getDateInstance(java.util.Locale locale)

Create an instance of date format for the specified locale.

Parameters:

locale - The specifed locale

Returns:

The new instance

getDateInstance

public static LocaleDateTimeFormat getDateInstance(int style,
                                                   java.util.Locale locale)

Create an instance of date format for the specified locale and style.

Parameters:

style - The specifed style

locale - The specifed locale

Returns:

The new instance

See Also:

for all available styles

getDateTimeInstance

public static LocaleDateTimeFormat getDateTimeInstance()

Create an instance of timestamp format for the default locale and styles.

Returns:

The new instance

getDateTimeInstance

public static LocaleDateTimeFormat getDateTimeInstance(java.util.Locale locale)

Create an instance of timestamp format for the specified locale.

Parameters:

locale - The specifed locale

Returns:

The new instance

getDateTimeInstance

public static LocaleDateTimeFormat getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle,
                                                       int timeStyle)

Create an instance of timestamp format for the specified styles.

Parameters:

dateStyle - The specifed date style

timeStyle - The specified time style

Returns:

The new instance

See Also:

for all available styles

getDateTimeInstance

public static LocaleDateTimeFormat getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle,
                                                       int timeStyle,
                                                       java.util.Locale locale)

Create an instance of timestamp format for the specified styles and locale.

Parameters:

dateStyle - The specifed date style

timeStyle - The specified time style

locale - The specifed locale

Returns:

The new instance

See Also:

for all available styles

getTimeInstance

public static LocaleDateTimeFormat getTimeInstance()

Create an instance of time format for the default locale and style.

Returns:

The new instance

getTimeInstance

public static LocaleDateTimeFormat getTimeInstance(int style)

Create an instance of time format for the specifed locale.

Parameters:

style - The specifed style

Returns:

The new instance

See Also:

for all available styles

getTimeInstance

public static LocaleDateTimeFormat getTimeInstance(java.util.Locale locale)

Create an instance of time format for the specifed locale.

Parameters:

locale - The specifed locale

Returns:

The new instance

See Also:

for all available styles

getTimeInstance

public static LocaleDateTimeFormat getTimeInstance(int style,
                                                   java.util.Locale locale)

Create an instance of time format for the specifed locale and style.

Parameters:

style - The specifed style

locale - The specifed locale

Returns:

The new instance

See Also:

for all available styles

getInstanceType

public int getInstanceType()

Get the type of instance.

Returns:

DATE, TIME or DATETIME

getDateStyle

public int getDateStyle()

Get the date style.

Returns:

The date style

See Also:

for all available styles

getTimeStyle

public int getTimeStyle()

Get the time style.

Returns:

The time style

See Also:

for all available styles