com.lf.commons.web.msg

Class DateMessage

java.lang.Object

com.lf.commons.web.msg.XMLMessage

com.lf.commons.web.msg.DateMessage

All Implemented Interfaces:

AbstractMessage

public class DateMessage
extends XMLMessage

Represents a simple date message in XML format based on 'date_message.dtd'.

Provides applications with the server time in order to check whether the local time was manipulated or not. This could have been done to use a evaluation license beyond the allowed time frame (normally 14 days).

Since:

1.6

Version:

$Revision: 1.10 $, $Date: 2012/12/28 11:44:25 $

Author:

Axel Schwolow

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	DATE_MESSAGE_DOCNAME The name of the root element.
static java.lang.String	DATE_MESSAGE_DTD The underlying DTD.

Fields inherited from class com.lf.commons.web.msg.XMLMessage

docname, document, dtd, encoding, format

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DateMessage() Constructs an instance based on a given DTD.
DateMessage(java.lang.String version, java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String locale) Constructs a message instance.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.Date	getDate() Provides the server date embedded in date message.

Methods inherited from class com.lf.commons.web.msg.XMLMessage

canProcess, getAttribute, getAttributeValue, getContents, getDocument, getDTD, getElement, getElements, getElementValue, getEncoding, getIntFunctionResult, isArmed, isValid, printDocument, read, read, setEncoding, setFormat, write, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DATE_MESSAGE_DTD

public static final java.lang.String DATE_MESSAGE_DTD

The underlying DTD.

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Constant Field Values

DATE_MESSAGE_DOCNAME

public static final java.lang.String DATE_MESSAGE_DOCNAME

The name of the root element.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

DateMessage

public DateMessage()

Constructs an instance based on a given DTD.

DateMessage

public DateMessage(java.lang.String version,
           java.lang.String pattern,
           java.lang.String locale)

Constructs a message instance.

This convenience constructor gets the parameters from the servlet context and embeds them into an XML file based on 'parameter_message.dtd'.

Parameters:

version - Currently only "1.0", required

pattern - Format of the date

locale - Locale of the date pattern

Method Detail

getDate

public java.util.Date getDate()

Provides the server date embedded in date message.

Returns:

Server date, may be null