christophedelory.plist
Class Date

java.lang.Object
  christophedelory.plist.PlistObject
      christophedelory.plist.Date

public class Date
extends PlistObject

The date primitive type. Contents should conform to a subset of ISO 8601 (in particular, YYYY '-' MM '-' DD 'T' HH ':' MM ':' SS 'Z'. Smaller units may be omitted with a loss of precision).

Version:

$Revision: 92 $

Author:

Christophe Delory

Constructor Summary

Date()
Builds a new and empty date.

Date(Date value)
Builds a new date with the specified value.

Method Summary

Date	getValue() Returns the date.
String	getValueString() Returns the date.
void	setValue(Date value) Initializes the date.
void	setValueString(String value) Initializes the date.

Methods inherited from class christophedelory.plist.PlistObject

getParent, setParent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Date

public Date()

Builds a new and empty date.

Date

public Date(Date value)

Builds a new date with the specified value.

Parameters:

value - the date value. Shall not be null.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if value is null.

Method Detail

getValueString

public String getValueString()

Returns the date.

Returns:

a date. Shall not be null.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if no date has been defined in this instance.

See Also:

setValueString(java.lang.String), getValue()

setValueString

public void setValueString(String value)
                    throws ParseException

Initializes the date.

Parameters:

value - a date. Shall not be null.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if value is null.

ParseException - if the beginning of the specified string cannot be parsed.

See Also:

getValueString(), setValue(java.util.Date)

getValue

public Date getValue()

Returns the date.

Returns:

a date. May be null if not yet initialized.

See Also:

setValue(java.util.Date), getValueString()

setValue

public void setValue(Date value)

Initializes the date.

Parameters:

value - a date. Shall not be null.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if value is null.

See Also:

getValue(), setValueString(java.lang.String)