broadwick

Class BroadwickConstants

java.lang.Object

broadwick.BroadwickConstants

public final class BroadwickConstants
extends Object

All the constants for the Broadwick framework are defined here.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private static org.joda.time.DateTime	ZERO_DATE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
private	BroadwickConstants() Utility constructor (hidden).

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static int	getDate(org.joda.time.DateTime date) Convert a date object to an integer (number of days from a fixed start date, here 1/1/1900).
static int	getDate(String date, String dateFormat) Convert a date object to an integer (number of days from a fixed start date, here 1/1/1900).
static org.joda.time.DateTime	toDate(int date) Convert an integer (number of days from a fixed start date, here 1/1/1900) to a DateTime object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ZERO_DATE

private static final org.joda.time.DateTime ZERO_DATE

Constructor Detail

BroadwickConstants

private BroadwickConstants()

Utility constructor (hidden).

Method Detail

getDate

public static int getDate(org.joda.time.DateTime date)

Convert a date object to an integer (number of days from a fixed start date, here 1/1/1900). All dates in the database are stored as integer values using this method.

Parameters:

date - the date object we are converting.

Returns:

the number of days from a fixed 'zero date'.

toDate

public static org.joda.time.DateTime toDate(int date)

Convert an integer (number of days from a fixed start date, here 1/1/1900) to a DateTime object. All dates in the database are stored as integer values, this method converts that integer to a DateTime object.

Parameters:

date - the integer date offset.

Returns:

the datetime object corresponding to the 'zero date' plus date.

getDate

public static int getDate(String date,
                          String dateFormat)

Convert a date object to an integer (number of days from a fixed start date, here 1/1/1900). All dates in the database are stored as integer values using this method.

Parameters:

date - the date object we are converting.

dateFormat - the format the date is in when doing the conversion.

Returns:

the number of days from a fixed 'zero date'.