org.geotools.validation.xml

Class ArgHelper.DateMapping

Object

ArgHelper.DateMapping

All Implemented Interfaces:

ArgHelper.Mapping

Enclosing class:

ArgHelper

protected static class ArgHelper.DateMapping
extends Object
implements ArgHelper.Mapping

DateMapping purpose.

Represents the workings for a Date Mapping

Author:

dzwiers, Refractions Research, Inc., $Author: dmzwiers $ (last modification)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	DateMapping()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	encode(Object obj) Implementation of encode.
String	getElementName() Implementation of getElementName.
Object	getInstance(Element elem) Implementation of getInstance.
Object	getInstance(String elem) getInstance purpose.
String	getType() Implementation of getType.
boolean	isClass(Class c)
boolean	isClassInstance(Object c) Implementation of isClassInstance.
String	toString(Object o)

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateMapping

protected DateMapping()

Method Detail

getType

public String getType()

Implementation of getType.

Specified by:

getType in interface ArgHelper.Mapping

Returns:

the type name

See Also:

ArgHelper.Mapping.getType()

getElementName

public String getElementName()

Implementation of getElementName.

Specified by:

getElementName in interface ArgHelper.Mapping

Returns:

the element name

See Also:

ArgHelper.Mapping.getElementName()

getInstance

public Object getInstance(Element elem)
                   throws ValidationException

Implementation of getInstance.

Specified by:

getInstance in interface ArgHelper.Mapping

Parameters:

elem - Element the element to parse into a Date.

Returns:

Geometry an instance of Date if one can be created, null otherwise.

Throws:

ValidationException - DOCUMENT ME!

NullPointerException - DOCUMENT ME!

See Also:

ArgHelper.Mapping.getInstance(org.w3c.dom.Element)

getInstance

public Object getInstance(String elem)
                   throws ValidationException

Description copied from interface: ArgHelper.Mapping

getInstance purpose.

Creates an instance of the appropriate type for this Mapping. This is where type-dependant magic occurs

Specified by:

getInstance in interface ArgHelper.Mapping

Parameters:

elem - The Element to interpret.

Returns:

The particular argument type expected.

Throws:

ValidationException

isClassInstance

public boolean isClassInstance(Object c)

Implementation of isClassInstance.

Specified by:

isClassInstance in interface ArgHelper.Mapping

Parameters:

c - The Object to test

Returns:

true when both of type Long

See Also:

ArgHelper.Mapping.isClassInstance(java.lang.Object)

isClass

public boolean isClass(Class c)

Specified by:

isClass in interface ArgHelper.Mapping

encode

public String encode(Object obj)

Implementation of encode.

Specified by:

encode in interface ArgHelper.Mapping

Parameters:

obj - An object to encode as a Date.

Returns:

String the XML encoding

Throws:

NullPointerException - DOCUMENT ME!

ClassCastException - when obj is not of type Date

See Also:

ArgHelper.Mapping.encode(java.lang.Object)

toString

public String toString(Object o)

Specified by:

toString in interface ArgHelper.Mapping