org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs
Class Tstamp.CustomFormat

java.lang.Object
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Enclosing class:

Tstamp

public class Tstamp.CustomFormat

extends java.lang.Object

This nested element that allows a property to be set to the current date and time in a given format. The date/time patterns are as defined in the Java SimpleDateFormat class. The format element also allows offsets to be applied to the time to generate different time values.

To do:

consider refactoring out into a re-usable element.

Constructor Summary

Tstamp.CustomFormat()
Create a format

Method Summary

void	execute(Project project, java.util.Date date, Location location) validate parameter and execute the format
void	setLocale(java.lang.String locale) The locale used to create date/time string.
void	setOffset(int offset) The numeric offset to the current time.
void	setPattern(java.lang.String pattern) The date/time pattern to be used.
void	setProperty(java.lang.String propertyName) The property to receive the date/time string in the given pattern
void	setTimezone(java.lang.String id) The timezone to use for displaying time.
void	setUnit(java.lang.String unit) Deprecated. setUnit(String) is deprecated and is replaced with setUnit(Tstamp.Unit) to make Ant's Introspection mechanism do the work and also to encapsulate operations on the unit in its own class.
void	setUnit(Tstamp.Unit unit) The unit of the offset to be applied to the current time.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Tstamp.CustomFormat

public Tstamp.CustomFormat()

Create a format

Method Detail

setProperty

public void setProperty(java.lang.String propertyName)

The property to receive the date/time string in the given pattern

Parameters:

propertyName -

setPattern

public void setPattern(java.lang.String pattern)

The date/time pattern to be used. The values are as defined by the Java SimpleDateFormat class.

Parameters:

pattern -

See Also:

SimpleDateFormat

setLocale

public void setLocale(java.lang.String locale)

The locale used to create date/time string. The general form is "language, country, variant" but either variant or variant and country may be omitted. For more information please refer to documentation for the java.util.Locale class.

Parameters:

locale -

See Also:

Locale

setTimezone

public void setTimezone(java.lang.String id)

The timezone to use for displaying time. The values are as defined by the Java TimeZone class.

Parameters:

id -

See Also:

TimeZone

setOffset

public void setOffset(int offset)

The numeric offset to the current time.

Parameters:

offset -

setUnit

public void setUnit(java.lang.String unit)

Deprecated. setUnit(String) is deprecated and is replaced with setUnit(Tstamp.Unit) to make Ant's Introspection mechanism do the work and also to encapsulate operations on the unit in its own class.

setUnit

public void setUnit(Tstamp.Unit unit)

The unit of the offset to be applied to the current time. Valid Values are

• millisecond
• second
• minute
• hour
• day
• week
• month
• year

The default unit is day.

Parameters:

unit -

execute

public void execute(Project project,
                    java.util.Date date,
                    Location location)

validate parameter and execute the format

Parameters:

project - project to set property in

date - date to use as a starting point

location - line in file (for errors)