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Class EGIZDate

java.lang.Object
  at.knowcenter.wag.egov.egiz.pdf.EGIZDate

public class EGIZDate

extends Object

Represents a signature date and the signing time as can be found in the SIG_DATE field.

This is used to compare date values of signatures.

Author:

wprinz

Field Summary

protected Date

date

Constructor Summary

protected

EGIZDate(Date date)

Method Summary

int	compareTo(EGIZDate other) Compares this EGIZDate to another EXIZDate.
boolean	equals(Object obj)
Date	getDate()
int	hashCode()
static Date	parseDateFromString(String date_value)
static EGIZDate	parseFromString(String date_value) Parses the date information from a given date value.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

date

protected Date date

Constructor Detail

EGIZDate

protected EGIZDate(Date date)

Parameters:

date -

Method Detail

parseFromString

public static EGIZDate parseFromString(String date_value)

Parses the date information from a given date value.

Usually the date value is one extracted from the value of the SIG_DATE field.

Parameters:

date_value - The date value String.

Returns:

Returns the parsed EGIZDate. An IllegalArgumentException is thrown if the date String has an illegal format.

parseDateFromString

public static Date parseDateFromString(String date_value)

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object)

hashCode

public int hashCode()

See Also:

Object.hashCode()

toString

public String toString()

See Also:

Object.toString()

compareTo

public int compareTo(EGIZDate other)

Compares this EGIZDate to another EXIZDate.

Parameters:

other - The other EGIZDate.

Returns:

Returns negative if this date is earlier (lower) than the other date. Returns 0 if both dates are equal. Returns positive if this date is later (higher) than the other date.

getDate

public Date getDate()

Returns:

the date