com.lf.commons.gui.validator

Class DateValidator

java.lang.Object

com.lf.commons.gui.validator.DateValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

DocumentValidator

public class DateValidator
extends java.lang.Object
implements DocumentValidator

Verifies the contents of the text field etc. if it is a regular date.

Since:

1.6

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $, $Date: 2012/12/28 11:44:25 $

Author:

Axel Schwolow

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DateValidator() Constructor method for i18n purposes only.
DateValidator(java.lang.String format, java.lang.String regex) Constructor method with format parameter.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.Date	getDate(java.lang.String text) Provides the current date value.
java.lang.String	getFormat() Provides the current format as text to be displayed.
boolean	validate(javax.swing.text.JTextComponent comp) Checks the document contents if it is a regular date.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateValidator

public DateValidator()
              throws java.lang.InstantiationException

Constructor method for i18n purposes only.

Can only be used if beans design time is set (e.g. by external tools like the I18NExtractor).

Throws:

java.lang.InstantiationException - Error indication

Since:

1.6

DateValidator

public DateValidator(java.lang.String format,
             java.lang.String regex)

Constructor method with format parameter.

Parameters:

format - The default date format

regex - The regular expression for checking (optional)

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - If a parameter is null

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If a parameter is invalid

Since:

1.6

Method Detail

validate

public boolean validate(javax.swing.text.JTextComponent comp)

Checks the document contents if it is a regular date.

Specified by:

validate in interface DocumentValidator

Parameters:

comp - The text component

Returns:

Contents OK?

Since:

1.6

getFormat

public java.lang.String getFormat()

Provides the current format as text to be displayed.

Returns:

The format text

Since:

1.6

getDate

public java.util.Date getDate(java.lang.String text)

Provides the current date value.

Parameters:

text - The date text

Returns:

Parsed date value

Since:

1.6