info.informatica.data.field
Class DateField

java.lang.Object
  info.informatica.data.field.DataType
      info.informatica.data.field.DateField

public class DateField
extends DataType

Date field.

Version:

1.05

Author:

amengual at informatica dot info

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class info.informatica.data.field.DataType

DEFAULT_TYPE

Constructor Summary

DateField()

DateField(int dbtype)

Method Summary

String	getName() Gets the name of the given java.sql.Types int type.
Object	objectValue(FieldName varname, String valor) Transforms a String value into the appropriate Java object, parsing as needed.
Object	sample() Provide a sample of this data type.
Object	validate(FieldName name, Object val) validates the value according to requirements of the Data Dictionary / Metadata.

Methods inherited from class info.informatica.data.field.DataType

create, createAs, dataType, equals, getDefaultClassName, getFormat, getIntType, getJavaSQLType, getSize, getTypeName, hashCode, setFormat, setJavaSQLType, setSize, toString, validate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DateField

public DateField(int dbtype)

DateField

public DateField()

Method Detail

validate

public Object validate(FieldName name,
                       Object val)
                throws DataException

Description copied from class: DataType

validates the value according to requirements of the Data Dictionary / Metadata.

Overrides:

validate in class DataType

val - the value to be verified.

Throws:

DataException - TODO

getName

public String getName()

Gets the name of the given java.sql.Types int type.

Overrides:

getName in class DataType

Returns:

the String representing the SQL data type, or null if unknown.

objectValue

public Object objectValue(FieldName varname,
                          String valor)
                   throws DataFieldException

Transforms a String value into the appropriate Java object, parsing as needed.

Specified by:

objectValue in class DataType

Parameters:

valor - the value to be parsed/transformed.

Throws:

DataFieldException

sample

public Object sample()

Description copied from class: DataType

Provide a sample of this data type. Should be reasonably random.

Overrides:

sample in class DataType

Returns:

the sample, or null if no suitable sample could be produced.