Method Detail

• abstract java.util.GregorianCalendar buildCalendar(java.lang.Object date)

  Creates a GregorianCalendar based off of the date object. This should only get called if supportsDatePicker returns true.

  Parameters:

  date - The date to convert

  Returns:

  A GregorianCalendar instance

• abstract java.lang.String format(java.lang.Object formatter, java.lang.Object date)

  Formats a given date

  Parameters:

  formatter - The formatter retrieved from any one of these methods: getFormatFromPattern, getDateFormat, getTimeFormat, getDateTimeFormat

  date - The date to be formatted

  Returns:

  The string representation of the date

• abstract java.lang.Object getDateFormat(java.lang.String style, java.lang.Object timeZone, java.util.Locale locale)

  Retrieve a date format object without time to be passed to the format method

  Parameters:

  style - The string type of format //FULL,LONG,MEDIUM,SHORT

  timeZone - The timeZone retrieved from getTimeZone

  locale - The locale

• abstract java.lang.Object getDateTimeFormat(java.lang.String dateStyle, java.lang.String timeStyle, java.lang.Object timeZone, java.util.Locale locale)

  Retrieve a date format object with time to be passed to the format method

  Parameters:

  dateStyle - The string type of date format //FULL,LONG,MEDIUM,SHORT

  timeStyle - The string type of time format //FULL,LONG,MEDIUM,SHORT

  timeZone - The timeZone retrieved from getTimeZone

  locale - The locale

• abstract java.lang.Object getFormatFromPattern(java.lang.String format, java.lang.Object timeZone, java.util.Locale locale)

  Retrieve a date format object to be passed to the format method

  Parameters:

  format - The string format pattern

  timeZone - The timeZone retrieved from getTimeZone

  locale - The locale

• abstract java.lang.Object getTimeFormat(java.lang.String style, java.lang.Object timeZone, java.util.Locale locale)

  Retrieve a time format object without time to be passed to the format method

  Parameters:

  style - The string type of format //FULL,LONG,MEDIUM,SHORT

  timeZone - The timeZone retrieved from getTimeZone

  locale - The locale

• abstract java.lang.Object getTimeZone(java.lang.Object timeZone)

  Retrieve a time zone object from a parameter

  Parameters:

  timeZone

  Returns:

  a time zone to be passed to other methods

• abstract java.lang.Boolean supportsDatePicker(java.lang.Class clazz)

  Parameters:

  clazz - The type of date to be used in a date picker

  Returns:

  Whether or not the date is supported by the implementation