Package com.portal.common

Class Options.DateOptionDef

java.lang.Object

com.portal.common.Options.OptionDef

com.portal.common.Options.DateOptionDef

Enclosing class:

Options

protected class Options.DateOptionDef
extends Options.OptionDef

Definition of a date option. This is an option that will be followed by a single date (i.e. 1/12/2001) value on the command line.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.portal.common.Options.OptionDef

mDefaultValues, mNumValuesNeeded

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DateOptionDef(String name, String desc)	Construct a date option.
DateOptionDef(String name, Date defValue, String desc)	Construct a date option.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	validateOption(ArrayList values)	Ensure that this option has a single value that is a valid date.

Methods inherited from class com.portal.common.Options.OptionDef

getBigDecimal, getBoolean, getDate, getDefaultValues, getDesc, getInteger, getIthDefaultAsString, getName, getNumValuesNeeded, getString, getStrings, isRequiredOption, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

DateOptionDef

public DateOptionDef(String name,
 Date defValue,
 String desc)

Construct a date option. This is an option that will be followed by a single date value on the command line. If the option does not appear on the command line then use the specified default value.

Parameters:

name - The name of the option. The name should include the leading "-" (i.e. -start).

defValue - The default value to use if the option does not appear on the command line. A value of null implies the current date.

desc - The description of the option.

DateOptionDef

public DateOptionDef(String name,
 String desc)

Construct a date option. This is an option that will be followed by a single date value on the command line. This is a required option and the parse method will throw an exception if the option does not appear on the command line.

Parameters:

name - The name of the option. The name should include the leading "-" (i.e. -start).

desc - The description of the option.

Method Details

validateOption

public void validateOption(ArrayList values)
                    throws CommandLineParser.OptionDataException

Ensure that this option has a single value that is a valid date.

Overrides:

validateOption in class Options.OptionDef

Parameters:

values - An array that contains the values that were specified on the command line for the option. If no values were specified then the array will be empty.

Throws:

CommandLineParser.OptionDataException - There was not only one value that is a valid date.