org.databene.commons.converter
Class Date2LongConverter

java.lang.Object
  org.databene.commons.converter.AbstractConverter<S,T>
      org.databene.commons.converter.ThreadSafeConverter<java.util.Date,java.lang.Long>
          org.databene.commons.converter.Date2LongConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, Converter<java.util.Date,java.lang.Long>, ThreadAware

public class Date2LongConverter
extends ThreadSafeConverter<java.util.Date,java.lang.Long>

Converts a Date into the number of milliseconds since 1970-01-01 in a certain time zone and back. By default it uses the system's default time zone.

Created: 05.08.2007 07:10:25

Author:

Volker Bergmann

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.databene.commons.converter.AbstractConverter

sourceType, targetType

Constructor Summary

Date2LongConverter()

Date2LongConverter(java.util.TimeZone timeZone)

Method Summary

java.lang.Long	convert(java.util.Date sourceValue) Concerts an object of type S to an object of type T
java.lang.Class<java.lang.Long>	getTargetType()
java.util.TimeZone	getTimeZone()
void	setTimeZone(java.util.TimeZone timeZone)

Methods inherited from class org.databene.commons.converter.ThreadSafeConverter

clone, isParallelizable, isThreadSafe

Methods inherited from class org.databene.commons.converter.AbstractConverter

getSourceType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Date2LongConverter

public Date2LongConverter()

Date2LongConverter

public Date2LongConverter(java.util.TimeZone timeZone)

Method Detail

getTimeZone

public java.util.TimeZone getTimeZone()

setTimeZone

public void setTimeZone(java.util.TimeZone timeZone)

getTargetType

public java.lang.Class<java.lang.Long> getTargetType()

Specified by:

getTargetType in interface Converter<java.util.Date,java.lang.Long>

Overrides:

getTargetType in class AbstractConverter<java.util.Date,java.lang.Long>

convert

public java.lang.Long convert(java.util.Date sourceValue)
                       throws ConversionException

Description copied from interface: Converter

Concerts an object of type S to an object of type T

Parameters:

sourceValue - the object to convert

Returns:

the converted object

Throws:

ConversionException - if the conversion fails