com.americancoders.edi
Class DateDE

java.lang.Object
  com.americancoders.edi.DataElement
      com.americancoders.edi.DateDE

All Implemented Interfaces:

IContainedObject, IIdentifier

public class DateDE

extends DataElement

implements IContainedObject

class for Data Elements defined as Date

OBOE - Open Business Objects for EDI

Part of the OBOE Basic Extended Package
An EDI and XML Translator Written In Java
Copyright 1998-2007 - American Coders, LTD - Raleigh NC USA
All rights reserved
American Coders, Ltd
P. O. Box 97462
Raleigh, NC 27624 USA
1-919-846-2014
http://www.americancoders.com

Version:

3.5.2

Author:

Joe McVerry - American Coders, Ltd.

Field Summary

protected int	cursor
protected java.lang.String[]	value

Fields inherited from class com.americancoders.edi.DataElement

parent

Constructor Summary

DateDE(TemplateDE inTDE, IContainedObject inParent)
constructs from its template

Method Summary

java.lang.String	get() returns the date stored in YYYYMMDD format where YY is year MM is month, DD is day of month
java.lang.String	get(int inPos) returns the value for the Data Element
java.lang.String	getFormattedText(int formatType) formats text of data element Short Description of DataElement is defined in the class value is the current value set in the object
int	getLength() gets the current length for the Data Element
void	set(byte[] inValue) sets the fields contents, not formatted
void	set(java.lang.String inDate) sets the next field value at first field, cursor set to zero stored using an input string in the format YYYYMMDD where YY is year or YYYY is year.
void	setNext(java.lang.String inDate) sets the next field value by moving cursor, cursor will wrap around stored using an input string in the format YYYYMMDD where YY is year or YYYY is year.
boolean	validate(DocumentErrors inDErr) sets error in DocumentErrors
java.lang.String	validate(java.lang.String inText) returns error responses of contents

Methods inherited from class com.americancoders.edi.DataElement

getDelimiter, getDescription, getFixedLengthFormattedText, getID, getMaxLength, getMinLength, getName, getOccurs, getParent, getRequired, getSequence, getTemplate, getType, getXMLTag, isUsed, setParent, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface com.americancoders.edi.IContainedObject

getDelimiter, getParent, setParent

Methods inherited from interface com.americancoders.edi.IIdentifier

getID, getXMLTag

Field Detail

value

protected java.lang.String[] value

cursor

protected int cursor

Constructor Detail

DateDE

public DateDE(TemplateDE inTDE,
              IContainedObject inParent)

constructs from its template

Parameters:

inTDE - TemplateDE

inParent - owning Object

Method Detail

get

public java.lang.String get()

returns the date stored in YYYYMMDD format where

• YY is year
• MM is month,
• DD is day of month

Specified by:

get in class DataElement

Returns:

String in format YYYYMMDD

get

public java.lang.String get(int inPos)

returns the value for the Data Element

Parameters:

inPos - int position in array

Returns:

String

set

public void set(java.lang.String inDate)
         throws OBOEException

sets the next field value at first field, cursor set to zero stored using an input string in the format YYYYMMDD where

• YY is year or YYYY is year.
• MM is month,
• DD is day of month

Specified by:

set in class DataElement

Parameters:

inDate - String date

Throws:

OBOEException

setNext

public void setNext(java.lang.String inDate)
             throws OBOEException

sets the next field value by moving cursor, cursor will wrap around stored using an input string in the format YYYYMMDD where

• YY is year or YYYY is year.
• MM is month,
• DD is day of month

Specified by:

setNext in class DataElement

Parameters:

inDate - String date

Throws:

ParseException

OBOEException

set

public void set(byte[] inValue)
         throws OBOEException

sets the fields contents, not formatted

Specified by:

set in class DataElement

Parameters:

inValue - byte array, converted to string and set(String) is called

Throws:

OBOEException - inValue contains format characters if field defined with type of N#

getLength

public int getLength()

gets the current length for the Data Element

Specified by:

getLength in class DataElement

Returns:

int retuns length of set value, can have a null exception if value is not set.

getFormattedText

public java.lang.String getFormattedText(int formatType)

formats text of data element
Short Description of DataElement is defined in the class
value is the current value set in the object

Specified by:

getFormattedText in class DataElement

Parameters:

formatType - int formatting type

Returns:

String formatted content

validate

public java.lang.String validate(java.lang.String inText)

returns error responses of contents

Specified by:

validate in class DataElement

Parameters:

inText - String text

Returns:

String - null if no error

validate

public boolean validate(DocumentErrors inDErr)

sets error in DocumentErrors

Specified by:

validate in class DataElement

Parameters:

inDErr - DocumentErrors object

Returns:

boolean false = error.