net.sourceforge.sqlunit.types
Class DateType

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.sqlunit.types.UnsupportedType
      net.sourceforge.sqlunit.types.DateType

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable, IType

public class DateType
extends UnsupportedType

Models a DATE type.

Version:

$Revision: 1.10 $

Author:

Ralph Brendler (rbrendler@users.sourceforge.net), Sujit Pal (spal@users.sourceforge.net)

Field Summary

protected static java.lang.String

PATTERN Specifies the pattern for the DATE object.

Constructor Summary

DateType()

Method Summary

int	compareTo(java.lang.Object obj) Returns a negative, zero or positive number according to whether this object is smaller, equal or larger than the passed in object.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Returns true if Object obj is the same as this object, else false.
protected java.lang.String	format(java.lang.Object obj) Formats a DATE into its String representation.
int	hashCode() The hashcode for this object, returns the hashcode for the wrapped java.sql.Date object.
protected java.lang.Object	parse(java.lang.String str) Parses a String representing a DATE to a java.sql.Date.

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.sqlunit.types.UnsupportedType

formatString, getId, getName, getValue, setId, setName, setValue, toObject, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

PATTERN

protected static java.lang.String PATTERN

Specifies the pattern for the DATE object. This may be overriden in subclasses to work with alternate formats for dates in different databases.

Constructor Detail

DateType

public DateType()

Method Detail

format

protected java.lang.String format(java.lang.Object obj)
                           throws SQLUnitException

Formats a DATE into its String representation.

Overrides:

format in class UnsupportedType

Parameters:

obj - an Object to be converted to the IType interface.

Returns:

the String representation of the object.

Throws:

SQLUnitException - if the formatting failed.

parse

protected java.lang.Object parse(java.lang.String str)
                          throws SQLUnitException

Parses a String representing a DATE to a java.sql.Date.

Overrides:

parse in class UnsupportedType

Parameters:

str - the String representation of the DATE.

Returns:

a java.sql.Date object.

Throws:

SQLUnitException - if the parsing failed.

equals

public final boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Returns true if Object obj is the same as this object, else false.

Overrides:

equals in class UnsupportedType

Parameters:

obj - the Object to compare with.

Returns:

true or false.

hashCode

public final int hashCode()

The hashcode for this object, returns the hashcode for the wrapped java.sql.Date object.

Overrides:

hashCode in class UnsupportedType

Returns:

the hashcode for the underlying Date object.

compareTo

public final int compareTo(java.lang.Object obj)

Returns a negative, zero or positive number according to whether this object is smaller, equal or larger than the passed in object.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

Overrides:

compareTo in class UnsupportedType

Parameters:

obj - an Object of type DateType.

Returns:

a negative, zero or positive number.