com.jidesoft.converter
Class CalendarConverter

java.lang.Object
  com.jidesoft.converter.DateConverter
      com.jidesoft.converter.CalendarConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

ObjectConverter

public class CalendarConverter
extends DateConverter

Converter which converts Calendar to String and converts it back.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.jidesoft.converter.DateConverter

DATE_CONTEXT, DATETIME_CONTEXT, TIME_CONTEXT

Constructor Summary

CalendarConverter()
Creates a new CalendarConverter.

Method Summary

Object	fromString(String string, ConverterContext context) Converts from a String to a Calendar.
String	toString(Object object, ConverterContext context) Converts the object to String.

Methods inherited from class com.jidesoft.converter.DateConverter

getDefaultDatetimeFormat, getDefaultFormat, getDefaultTimeFormat, setDefaultDatetimeFormat, setDefaultFormat, setDefaultTimeFormat, supportFromString, supportToString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CalendarConverter

public CalendarConverter()

Creates a new CalendarConverter.

Method Detail

toString

public String toString(Object object,
                       ConverterContext context)

Description copied from class: DateConverter

Converts the object to String. The object can be a Calendar, a Date or a Number. As long as the DateFormat can format it correctly, it will be converted to a String. If the object is already a String, we will return it directly as it is.

Specified by:

toString in interface ObjectConverter

Overrides:

toString in class DateConverter

Parameters:

object - the object to be converted

context - the converter context.

Returns:

the string

fromString

public Object fromString(String string,
                         ConverterContext context)

Converts from a String to a Calendar.

Specified by:

fromString in interface ObjectConverter

Overrides:

fromString in class DateConverter

Parameters:

string - the string to be converted.

context - the context. It could be DATETIME_CONTEXT, DATE_CONTEXT or TIME_CONTEXT.

Returns:

the Calendar object. If the string is null or empty, null will be returned. If the string cannot be parsed as a date, the string itself will be returned.