Class XsDateTimeConversion

  • Direct Known Subclasses:
    XsDateTimeConversionJava7

    public class XsDateTimeConversion
    extends java.lang.Object
    This class serves as a provider for static xs:dateTime-related manipulation and parsing methods.
    Author:
    Christian W. Guenther (christian at deckfour dot org)
    • Field Summary

      Fields 
      Modifier and Type Field Description
      protected java.util.GregorianCalendar cal
      Calendar instance used for calculating dates for timestamps
      protected java.text.SimpleDateFormat dfMillisTZone
      Date/Time parsing instance with milliseconds and time zone information.
      protected static java.lang.String XSDATETIME_FORMAT_STRING_MILLIS_TZONE
      Date/Time parsing format including milliseconds and time zone information.
      protected java.util.regex.Pattern xsDtPattern
      Pattern used for matching the XsDateTime formatted timestamp strings.
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      java.lang.String format​(java.util.Date date)
      Formats a given date to the xs:dateTime format of XML.
      java.util.Date parseXsDateTime​(java.lang.String xsDateTime)
      Expects an XML xs:dateTime lexical format string, as in 2005-10-24T11:57:31.000+01:00.
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
    • Field Detail

      • XSDATETIME_FORMAT_STRING_MILLIS_TZONE

        protected static final java.lang.String XSDATETIME_FORMAT_STRING_MILLIS_TZONE
        Date/Time parsing format including milliseconds and time zone information.
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values
      • dfMillisTZone

        protected final java.text.SimpleDateFormat dfMillisTZone
        Date/Time parsing instance with milliseconds and time zone information.
      • xsDtPattern

        protected final java.util.regex.Pattern xsDtPattern
        Pattern used for matching the XsDateTime formatted timestamp strings.
      • cal

        protected java.util.GregorianCalendar cal
        Calendar instance used for calculating dates for timestamps
    • Constructor Detail

      • XsDateTimeConversion

        public XsDateTimeConversion()
    • Method Detail

      • parseXsDateTime

        public java.util.Date parseXsDateTime​(java.lang.String xsDateTime)
        Expects an XML xs:dateTime lexical format string, as in 2005-10-24T11:57:31.000+01:00. Some bad MXML files miss timezone or milliseconds information, thus a certain amount of tolerance is applied towards malformed timestamp string representations. If unparseable, this method will return null.
        Parameters:
        xsDateTime - Timestamp string in the XML xs:dateTime format.
        Returns:
        Parsed Date object.
      • format

        public java.lang.String format​(java.util.Date date)
        Formats a given date to the xs:dateTime format of XML.
        Parameters:
        date - Date to be formatted.
        Returns:
        String formatting the given date.