org.eobjects.metamodel.util
Class FormatHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.eobjects.metamodel.util.FormatHelper

public final class FormatHelper
extends Object

Helper class for formatting

Constructor Summary

FormatHelper()

Method Summary

static String	formatSqlBoolean(ColumnType columnType, boolean b)
static String	formatSqlTime(ColumnType columnType, Date date) Formats a date according to a specific column type (DATE, TIME or TIMESTAMP)
static String	formatSqlTime(ColumnType columnType, Date date, boolean typeCastDeclaration) Formats a date according to a specific column type (DATE, TIME or TIMESTAMP).
static String	formatSqlTime(ColumnType columnType, Date date, boolean typeCastDeclaration, String beforeDateLiteral, String afterDateLiteral) Formats a date according to a specific column type (DATE, TIME or TIMESTAMP)
static String	formatSqlValue(ColumnType columnType, Object value)
static NumberFormat	getSqlNumberFormat()
static NumberFormat	getUiNumberFormat() Creates a uniform number format which is similar to that of eg.
static Date	parseSqlTime(ColumnType columnType, String value) Parses a SQL string representation of a time based value

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FormatHelper

public FormatHelper()

Method Detail

getUiNumberFormat

public static NumberFormat getUiNumberFormat()

Creates a uniform number format which is similar to that of eg. Java doubles. The format will not include thousand separators and it will use a dot as a decimal separator.

Returns:

getSqlNumberFormat

public static NumberFormat getSqlNumberFormat()

formatSqlBoolean

public static String formatSqlBoolean(ColumnType columnType,
                                      boolean b)

formatSqlTime

public static String formatSqlTime(ColumnType columnType,
                                   Date date)

Formats a date according to a specific column type (DATE, TIME or TIMESTAMP)

Parameters:

columnType - the column type

date - the date value

Returns:

formatSqlTime

public static String formatSqlTime(ColumnType columnType,
                                   Date date,
                                   boolean typeCastDeclaration,
                                   String beforeDateLiteral,
                                   String afterDateLiteral)

Formats a date according to a specific column type (DATE, TIME or TIMESTAMP)

Parameters:

columnType - the column type

date - the date value

typeCastDeclaration - whether or not to include a type cast declaration

beforeDateLiteral - before date literal

afterDateLiteral - after date literal

Returns:

formatSqlTime

public static String formatSqlTime(ColumnType columnType,
                                   Date date,
                                   boolean typeCastDeclaration)

Formats a date according to a specific column type (DATE, TIME or TIMESTAMP). For backward compatibility.

Parameters:

columnType -

date -

typeCastDeclaration -

Returns:

parseSqlTime

public static Date parseSqlTime(ColumnType columnType,
                                String value)

Parses a SQL string representation of a time based value

Parameters:

type -

value -

Returns:

formatSqlValue

public static String formatSqlValue(ColumnType columnType,
                                    Object value)