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TimeFormatter component

java.lang.Object
   +----com.borland.dx.text.ItemFormatter
           +----com.borland.dx.text.VariantFormatter
                   +----com.borland.dx.text.TimeFormatter

About the TimeFormatter component

Constructors  Properties  Methods  

Implements Serializable

The TimeFormatter class formats and parses time data values.

See also: Edit/display mask patterns


TimeFormatter constructors

TimeFormatter properties

*Read-only properties **Write-only properties

Properties implemented in this class

Properties implemented in com.borland.dx.text.VariantFormatter

Properties implemented in java.lang.Object

TimeFormatter methods

Methods implemented in this class

Methods implemented in com.borland.dx.text.VariantFormatter

Methods implemented in java.lang.Object


TimeFormatter constructors

TimeFormatter()

  public TimeFormatter()
Constructs a TimeFormatter object.

TimeFormatter properties

variantType

 public int getVariantType()
Returns the type of the Variant, which is always Variant.TIME for TimeFormatter.

TimeFormatter methods

format(com.borland.dx.dataset.Variant)

  public final String format(Variant value)
Returns a String representing the given timestamp stored in the Variant. A returned empty string indicates a null or empty input value. null means the formatting failed.

Parameters:

value
The value to be formatted to a String.

Overrides: com.borland.dx.text.VariantFormatter.format(com.borland.dx.dataset.Variant)

parse(com.borland.dx.dataset.Variant, char[], int, int)

  public void parse(Variant variant, char[] value, int offset, int len)
A high-speed parse that parses directly into a character array.

Parameters:

variant
The parsed value (cannot be null).
value
The character array containing the text to parse.
offset
The zero-based offset into the character array.
len
The maximum number of characters in the array to use in the parse.

Overrides: com.borland.dx.text.VariantFormatter.parse(com.borland.dx.dataset.Variant, char[], int, int)

parse(java.lang.String, com.borland.dx.dataset.Variant)

  public final void parse(String stringValue, Variant value)
Analyzes the given String and produces as output a Variant containing the approriate value.

Parameters:

stringValue
The string to be parsed.
value
The Variant that receives the parsed result.

Overrides: com.borland.dx.text.VariantFormatter.parse(java.lang.String, com.borland.dx.dataset.Variant)