org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors
Class CustomDateEditor

java.lang.Object
  java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport
      org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CustomDateEditor

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyEditor

public class CustomDateEditor

extends PropertyEditorSupport

PropertyEditor for java.util.Date, supporting a custom DateFormat.

This is not meant to be used as system PropertyEditor but rather as locale-specific date editor within custom controller code, to parse user-entered date strings into Date properties of beans, and render them in the UI form.

In web MVC code, this editor will typically be registered with binder.registerCustomEditor calls in an implementation of BaseCommandController's initBinder method.

Since:

28.04.2003

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

DataBinder.registerCustomEditor(java.lang.Class, java.beans.PropertyEditor), BaseCommandController.initBinder(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, org.springframework.web.bind.ServletRequestDataBinder), BindInitializer.initBinder(javax.servlet.ServletRequest, org.springframework.web.bind.ServletRequestDataBinder)

Constructor Summary

CustomDateEditor(DateFormat dateFormat, boolean allowEmpty)
Create a new CustomDateEditor instance, using the given DateFormat for parsing and rendering.

Method Summary

String	getAsText() Format the Date as String, using the specified DateFormat.
void	setAsText(String text) Parse the Date from the given text, using the specified DateFormat.

Methods inherited from class java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, getCustomEditor, getJavaInitializationString, getTags, getValue, isPaintable, paintValue, removePropertyChangeListener, setValue, supportsCustomEditor

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CustomDateEditor

public CustomDateEditor(DateFormat dateFormat,
                        boolean allowEmpty)

Create a new CustomDateEditor instance, using the given DateFormat for parsing and rendering.

The "allowEmpty" parameter states if an empty String should be allowed for parsing, i.e. get interpreted as null value. Otherwise, an IllegalArgumentException gets thrown in that case.

Parameters:

dateFormat - DateFormat to use for parsing and rendering

allowEmpty - if empty strings should be allowed

Method Detail

setAsText

public void setAsText(String text)
               throws IllegalArgumentException

Parse the Date from the given text, using the specified DateFormat.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

getAsText

public String getAsText()

Format the Date as String, using the specified DateFormat.