org.jclarion.clarion.runtime.format
Class DateFormat

java.lang.Object
  org.jclarion.clarion.runtime.format.Formatter
      org.jclarion.clarion.runtime.format.DateFormat

public class DateFormat
extends Formatter

Clarion date formatting

Author:

barney

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.jclarion.clarion.runtime.format.Formatter

picture

Constructor Summary

DateFormat(java.lang.String input)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	deformat(java.lang.String input)
java.lang.String	format(java.lang.String input) Note that format for dates does not implicitly deformat- because of risk of confusion between machine greogian date and clarion encoded date - cannot tell the two apart.
int	getMaxLen()
java.lang.String	getPictureRepresentation()

Methods inherited from class org.jclarion.clarion.runtime.format.Formatter

clearError, construct, getPicture, isError, isStrict, setError, setStrictMode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateFormat

public DateFormat(java.lang.String input)

Method Detail

deformat

public java.lang.String deformat(java.lang.String input)

Specified by:

deformat in class Formatter

format

public java.lang.String format(java.lang.String input)

Note that format for dates does not implicitly deformat- because of risk of confusion between machine greogian date and clarion encoded date - cannot tell the two apart. This differs from numeric handling

Specified by:

format in class Formatter

getMaxLen

public int getMaxLen()

Specified by:

getMaxLen in class Formatter

getPictureRepresentation

public java.lang.String getPictureRepresentation()

Specified by:

getPictureRepresentation in class Formatter