FormatDate Class

com.bea.wlw.netui.tags.html
FormatDate Class

public class FormatDate

    extends FormatTag

A formatter used to format dates. This formatter uses patterns that conform to java.text.SimpleDateFormat pattern syntax. Valid types for formatting are:

If the type is a String, we attempt to create a date out of the String. The String must be defined by a common format list below. If the string is equal the the empty string, it will be returned as the empty string. See java.text.SimpleDateFormat for more information.

The valid formats are:

Attribute Descriptions
AttributeRequiredRuntime Expression EvaluationData Bindable
countryNoNoNo
The country code used to determine the locale.
languageNoNoNo
The language code used to determine the locale.
patternNoNoRead Only
The SimpleDateFormat pattern used to format this date.
stringInputPatternNoNoRead Only
The pattern used to convert a String value into a date.

Related Topics

<netui:format...> Tag Samples
FormatNumber
FormatString
SimpleDateFormat


Hierarchy
Object
  TagSupport
    BodyTagSupport
      AbstractBaseTag
        FormatTag
          FormatDate
All Implemented Interfaces

BodyTag, IterationTag, Serializable, Tag

Field Summary

   
Fields from  com.bea.wlw.netui.tags.html.FormatTag
pattern,
 
Fields from  com.bea.wlw.netui.tags.AbstractBaseTag
ATTR_GENERAL, ATTR_GENERAL_EXPRESSION, ATTR_JAVASCRIPT, ATTR_STYLE, CLASS, ID, JAVASCRIPT_STATUS, NAME, NETUI_UNIQUE_CNT, ONCLICK, ONDBLCLICK, ONKEYDOWN, ONKEYPRESS, ONKEYUP, ONMOUSEDOWN, ONMOUSEMOVE, ONMOUSEOUT, ONMOUSEOVER, ONMOUSEUP, STYLE, TABINDEX
 
Fields from  javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTagSupport
bodyContent
 
Fields from  javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport
id, pageContext
 
Fields from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTag
EVAL_BODY_BUFFERED, EVAL_BODY_TAG
 
Fields from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.IterationTag
EVAL_BODY_AGAIN
 
Fields from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag
EVAL_BODY_INCLUDE, EVAL_PAGE, SKIP_BODY, SKIP_PAGE
 

Constructor Summary

FormatDate()

 

Method Summary

public int
doStartTag()
Create the internal Formatter instance and perform the formatting.
public String
getStringInputPattern()
public String
getTagName()
Return the name of the Tag.
protected void
localRelease()
Release any acquired resources.
public void
setStringInputPattern(String pattern)
Set the pattern to use to convert a String value into a date.
 
Methods from  com.bea.wlw.netui.tags.html.FormatTag
getCountry, getLanguage, getLocale, getPattern, setCountry, setLanguage, setPattern
 
Methods from  com.bea.wlw.netui.tags.AbstractBaseTag
addTagIdMapping, evaluateAttributeToString, filter, filter, getJavaScriptUtils, getNearestForm, getScriptReporter, getUserLocale, localRelease, registerTagError, release, renderAttribute, rewriteName, write
 
Methods from  javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTagSupport
doAfterBody, doEndTag, doInitBody, doStartTag, getBodyContent, getPreviousOut, release, setBodyContent
 
Methods from  javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport
doAfterBody, doEndTag, doStartTag, findAncestorWithClass, getId, getParent, getValue, getValues, release, removeValue, setId, setPageContext, setParent, setValue
 
Methods from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
   
Methods from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTag
doInitBody, setBodyContent
 
Methods from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.IterationTag
doAfterBody
 
Methods from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag
doEndTag, doStartTag, getParent, release, setPageContext, setParent
 

Constructor Detail

FormatDate

public FormatDate()
 

Method Detail

doStartTag() Method

public int doStartTag()
throws JspException
Create the internal Formatter instance and perform the formatting.

Overrides
FormatTag.doStartTag()

Exceptions

JspException
if a JSP exception has occurred

getStringInputPattern() Method

public String getStringInputPattern()

getTagName() Method

public String getTagName()
Return the name of the Tag.

Overrides
AbstractBaseTag.getTagName()

localRelease() Method

protected void localRelease()
Release any acquired resources.

Overrides
FormatTag.localRelease()

setStringInputPattern(String) Method

public void setStringInputPattern(String pattern)
Set the pattern to use to convert a String value into a date. This will be used before the common formats.

Parameters

pattern
the pattern representing the string input