oracle.adfnmc.java.sql
Class BaseDate

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Date
      oracle.adfnmc.java.sql.BaseDate

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Date

public class BaseDate
extends java.util.Date
implements Comparable

Field Summary

static java.lang.Class

CLASS_INSTANCE

Constructor Summary

BaseDate(long theDate)

Method Summary

static int	compare(java.util.Date d1, java.util.Date d2)
int	compareTo(java.lang.Object another) Answers an integer indicating the relative positions of the receiver and the argument in the natural order of elements of the receiver's class.
static java.util.Date	parseDate(java.lang.String input) Parses the input string representing a date and returns a corresponding Date object.
void	setTime(long theTime) Sets this date to a date supplied as a milliseconds value.
java.lang.String	toString() Produces a string representation of the Date in SQL format
static BaseDate	valueOfInternal(java.lang.String dateString) Creates a Date from a string representation of a date in SQL format.

Methods inherited from class java.util.Date

equals, getTime, hashCode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

CLASS_INSTANCE

public static final java.lang.Class CLASS_INSTANCE

Constructor Detail

BaseDate

public BaseDate(long theDate)

Method Detail

setTime

public void setTime(long theTime)

Sets this date to a date supplied as a milliseconds value. The date is set based on the supplied time value after removing any time elements finer than a day, based on zero GMT for that day.

Overrides:

setTime in class java.util.Date

Parameters:

theTime - the time in milliseconds since the Epoch

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Produces a string representation of the Date in SQL format

Overrides:

toString in class java.util.Date

Returns:

a string representation of the Date in SQL format - "yyyy-mm-dd".

valueOfInternal

public static BaseDate valueOfInternal(java.lang.String dateString)

Creates a Date from a string representation of a date in SQL format.

Parameters:

dateString - the string representation of a date in SQL format - "yyyy-mm-dd".

Returns:

the Date object

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the format of the supplied string does not match the SQL format.

parseDate

public static final java.util.Date parseDate(java.lang.String input)
                                      throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Parses the input string representing a date and returns a corresponding Date object.

Parameters:

input - Expected to be in format "2007-11-09"

Returns:

Date object, or null if there was a problem

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

compare

public static final int compare(java.util.Date d1,
                                java.util.Date d2)

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object another)

Description copied from interface: Comparable

Answers an integer indicating the relative positions of the receiver and the argument in the natural order of elements of the receiver's class.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

Parameters:

another - Object an object to compare the receiver to

Returns:

int which should be <0 if the receiver should sort before the argument, 0 if the receiver should sort in the same position as the argument, and >0 if the receiver should sort after the argument.