net.fortuna.ical4j.model.property
Class DateProperty

java.lang.Object
  net.fortuna.ical4j.model.Content
      net.fortuna.ical4j.model.Property
          net.fortuna.ical4j.model.property.DateProperty

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DtEnd, DtStart, Due, RecurrenceId, UtcProperty

public abstract class DateProperty
extends Property

$Id: DateProperty.java,v 1.38 2011/02/20 03:14:09 fortuna Exp $ Created on 9/07/2005 Base class for properties with a DATE or DATE-TIME value. Note that some sub-classes may only allow either a DATE or a DATE-TIME value, for which additional rules/validation should be specified.

Author:

Ben Fortuna

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.fortuna.ical4j.model.Property

ACTION, ATTACH, ATTENDEE, BUSYTYPE, CALSCALE, CATEGORIES, CLASS, COMMENT, COMPLETED, CONTACT, COUNTRY, CREATED, DESCRIPTION, DTEND, DTSTAMP, DTSTART, DUE, DURATION, EXDATE, EXPERIMENTAL_PREFIX, EXRULE, EXTENDED_ADDRESS, FREEBUSY, GEO, LAST_MODIFIED, LOCALITY, LOCATION, LOCATION_TYPE, METHOD, NAME, ORGANIZER, PERCENT_COMPLETE, POSTALCODE, PRIORITY, PRODID, RDATE, RECURRENCE_ID, REGION, RELATED_TO, REPEAT, REQUEST_STATUS, RESOURCES, RRULE, SEQUENCE, STATUS, STREET_ADDRESS, SUMMARY, TEL, TRANSP, TRIGGER, TZID, TZNAME, TZOFFSETFROM, TZOFFSETTO, TZURL, UID, URL, VERSION

Constructor Summary

DateProperty(java.lang.String name, ParameterList parameters, PropertyFactory factory)

DateProperty(java.lang.String name, PropertyFactory factory)

DateProperty(java.lang.String name, TimeZone timezone, PropertyFactory factory)
Creates a new instance of the named property with an initial timezone.

Method Summary

Property	copy() Create a (deep) copy of this property.
Date	getDate()
TimeZone	getTimeZone()
java.lang.String	getValue()
boolean	isUtc() Indicates whether the current date value is specified in UTC time.
void	setDate(Date date) Sets the date value of this property.
void	setTimeZone(TimeZone timezone) Publically available method to update the current timezone.
void	setUtc(boolean utc) Resets the VTIMEZONE associated with the property.
void	setValue(java.lang.String value) Default setValue() implementation.
void	validate() Perform validation on a property.

Methods inherited from class net.fortuna.ical4j.model.Property

equals, getName, getParameter, getParameters, getParameters, hashCode, isCalendarProperty, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateProperty

public DateProperty(java.lang.String name,
                    ParameterList parameters,
                    PropertyFactory factory)

Parameters:

name - the property name

parameters - a list of initial parameters

DateProperty

public DateProperty(java.lang.String name,
                    PropertyFactory factory)

Parameters:

name - the property name

DateProperty

public DateProperty(java.lang.String name,
                    TimeZone timezone,
                    PropertyFactory factory)

Creates a new instance of the named property with an initial timezone.

Parameters:

name - property name

timezone - initial timezone

Method Detail

getDate

public final Date getDate()

Returns:

Returns the date.

setDate

public final void setDate(Date date)

Sets the date value of this property. The timezone and value of this instance will also be updated accordingly.

Parameters:

date - The date to set.

setValue

public void setValue(java.lang.String value)
              throws java.text.ParseException

Default setValue() implementation. Allows for either DATE or DATE-TIME values.

Specified by:

setValue in class Property

Parameters:

value - a string representation of a DATE or DATE-TIME value

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - where the specified value is not a valid DATE or DATE-TIME representation

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue()

Specified by:

getValue in class Content

Returns:

the content value

setTimeZone

public void setTimeZone(TimeZone timezone)

Publically available method to update the current timezone.

Parameters:

timezone - a timezone instance

getTimeZone

public final TimeZone getTimeZone()

Returns:

the timezone

setUtc

public final void setUtc(boolean utc)

Resets the VTIMEZONE associated with the property. If utc is true, any TZID parameters are removed and the Java timezone is updated to UTC time. If utc is false, TZID parameters are removed and the Java timezone is set to the default timezone (i.e. represents a "floating" local time)

Parameters:

utc - a UTC value

isUtc

public final boolean isUtc()

Indicates whether the current date value is specified in UTC time.

Returns:

true if the property is in UTC time, otherwise false

validate

public void validate()
              throws ValidationException

Perform validation on a property.

Specified by:

validate in class Property

Throws:

ValidationException - where the property is not in a valid state

copy

public Property copy()
              throws java.io.IOException,
                     java.net.URISyntaxException,
                     java.text.ParseException

Create a (deep) copy of this property.

Overrides:

copy in class Property

Returns:

the copy of the property

Throws:

java.io.IOException - where an error occurs reading property data

java.net.URISyntaxException - where the property contains an invalid URI value

java.text.ParseException - where the property contains an invalid date value