com.timeindexing.time
Class AbstractDateFormat

java.lang.Object
  com.timeindexing.time.AbstractDateFormat

All Implemented Interfaces:

TimestampFormatting

Direct Known Subclasses:

MicrosecondDateFormat, MillisecondDateFormat, NanosecondDateFormat, SecondDateFormat

public abstract class AbstractDateFormat
extends java.lang.Object
implements TimestampFormatting

This abstact class has the base methods for objects that format timestamps as absolute dates.

Field Summary

protected static DateFormatter

defaultFormatter

Constructor Summary

AbstractDateFormat()
The default constructor.

AbstractDateFormat(DateFormatter aFormatter)
A constructor which takes a new DateFormatter.

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.String	format(AbsoluteTimestamp t) Format a AbsoluteTimestamp.
protected java.lang.String	format(java.util.Date date) Format a date.
java.lang.String	format(Timestamp t) Format a Timestamp.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

defaultFormatter

protected static final DateFormatter defaultFormatter

Constructor Detail

AbstractDateFormat

public AbstractDateFormat()

The default constructor.

AbstractDateFormat

public AbstractDateFormat(DateFormatter aFormatter)

A constructor which takes a new DateFormatter.

Method Detail

format

public java.lang.String format(Timestamp t)

Format a Timestamp.

Specified by:

format in interface TimestampFormatting

format

protected final java.lang.String format(java.util.Date date)

Format a date. This calls on the DateFormatter to do some formatting.

format

public abstract java.lang.String format(AbsoluteTimestamp t)

Format a AbsoluteTimestamp.