net.lessy.util.format.impl
Class FormatDate

java.lang.Object
  net.lessy.util.format.impl.FormatDate

All Implemented Interfaces:

FormatIF<Date>

Direct Known Subclasses:

FormatTime

public class FormatDate
extends Object
implements FormatIF<Date>

Implementation of a date formatter.

Author:

hl

Constructor Summary

FormatDate()

Method Summary

String	format(Date value, Locale locale, Properties properties) Formats the value as a date.
DateFormat	getDateFormatter(Locale locale) Gets a dateformatter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FormatDate

public FormatDate()

Method Detail

format

public String format(Date value,
                     Locale locale,
                     Properties properties)

Formats the value as a date. In this version the format is always the short german format dd.mm.yyyy TODO use locale

Specified by:

format in interface FormatIF<Date>

Parameters:

value - Value to be formatted. This can be any type as long toString() delivers a date formattable value

locale - Locale to be used. If null then the default locale is used (Ignored in this version)

properties - Not used in this formatter.

Returns:

A Formatted date

getDateFormatter

public DateFormat getDateFormatter(Locale locale)

Gets a dateformatter. This method can be overwritten by other formatters to format the date in another way.

Parameters:

locale - Locale to be used

Returns:

a DateFormatter.