FormatDate Class

com.bea.wlw.netui.tags.html
FormatDate Class

public class FormatDate

A formatter used to format dates. This formatter uses patterns that conform to java.text.SimpleDateFormat pattern syntax. Valid types for formatting are:

String
java.sql.Date
java.util.Date
java.util.Calendar

If the type is a String, we attempt to create a date out of the String. The String must be defined by a common format list below. If the string is equal the the empty string, it will be returned as the empty string. See java.text.SimpleDateFormat for more information.

The valid formats are:

MM/dd/yy
yyyy-MM-dd
MMddyy
and the local default

Attribute Descriptions

Attribute Required Runtime Expression Evaluation Data Bindable

country No No No

The country code used to determine the locale.

language No No No

The language code used to determine the locale.

pattern No No Read Only

The SimpleDateFormat pattern used to format this date.

stringInputPattern No No Read Only

The pattern used to convert a String value into a date.

Attribute Descriptions
Attribute	Required	Runtime Expression Evaluation	Data Bindable
country	No	No	No
The country code used to determine the locale.
language	No	No	No
The language code used to determine the locale.
pattern	No	No	Read Only
The SimpleDateFormat pattern used to format this date.
stringInputPattern	No	No	Read Only
The pattern used to convert a String value into a date.

Hierarchy: Object
  TagSupport
    BodyTagSupport
      AbstractBaseTag
        FormatTag
          FormatDate

All Implemented Interfaces: BodyTag, IterationTag, Serializable, Tag

Field Summary

Fields from com.bea.wlw.netui.tags.html.FormatTag

pattern,

Fields from com.bea.wlw.netui.tags.AbstractBaseTag

ATTR_GENERAL, ATTR_GENERAL_EXPRESSION, ATTR_JAVASCRIPT, ATTR_STYLE, CLASS, ID, JAVASCRIPT_STATUS, NAME, NETUI_UNIQUE_CNT, ONCLICK, ONDBLCLICK, ONKEYDOWN, ONKEYPRESS, ONKEYUP, ONMOUSEDOWN, ONMOUSEMOVE, ONMOUSEOUT, ONMOUSEOVER, ONMOUSEUP, STYLE, TABINDEX

Fields from javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTagSupport

bodyContent

Fields from javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

id, pageContext

Fields from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTag

EVAL_BODY_BUFFERED, EVAL_BODY_TAG

Fields from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.IterationTag

EVAL_BODY_AGAIN

Fields from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

EVAL_BODY_INCLUDE, EVAL_PAGE, SKIP_BODY, SKIP_PAGE

Constructor Summary

FormatDate()

Method Summary

`public int`	`doStartTag`() Create the internal Formatter instance and perform the formatting.
`public String`	`getStringInputPattern`()
`public String`	`getTagName`() Return the name of the Tag.
`protected void`	`localRelease`() Release any acquired resources.
`public void`	`setStringInputPattern`(`String` pattern) Set the pattern to use to convert a String value into a date.

Methods from com.bea.wlw.netui.tags.html.FormatTag

getCountry, getLanguage, getLocale, getPattern, setCountry, setLanguage, setPattern

Methods from com.bea.wlw.netui.tags.AbstractBaseTag

addTagIdMapping, evaluateAttributeToString, filter, filter, getJavaScriptUtils, getNearestForm, getScriptReporter, getUserLocale, localRelease, registerTagError, release, renderAttribute, rewriteName, write

Methods from javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTagSupport

doAfterBody, doEndTag, doInitBody, doStartTag, getBodyContent, getPreviousOut, release, setBodyContent

Methods from javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

doAfterBody, doEndTag, doStartTag, findAncestorWithClass, getId, getParent, getValue, getValues, release, removeValue, setId, setPageContext, setParent, setValue

Methods from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTag

doInitBody, setBodyContent

Methods from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.IterationTag

doAfterBody

Methods from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

doEndTag, doStartTag, getParent, release, setPageContext, setParent

Constructor Detail

FormatDate

public FormatDate()

Method Detail

doStartTag() Method

public int doStartTag()
     throws JspException

Create the internal Formatter instance and perform the formatting.

Overrides: FormatTag.doStartTag()

Exceptions

JspException: if a JSP exception has occurred

getStringInputPattern() Method

public String getStringInputPattern()

getTagName() Method

public String getTagName()

Return the name of the Tag.

Overrides: AbstractBaseTag.getTagName()

localRelease() Method

protected void localRelease()

Release any acquired resources.

Overrides: FormatTag.localRelease()

setStringInputPattern(String) Method

public void setStringInputPattern(String pattern)

Set the pattern to use to convert a String value into a date. This will be used before the common formats.

Parameters

pattern: the pattern representing the string input

com.bea.wlw.netui.tags.html FormatDate Class