planetj.common
Class ConvertUtility

java.lang.Object
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  +--planetj.common.BusinessObject
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        +--planetj.common.ConvertUtility

All Implemented Interfaces:

Invokeable, Serializable

public class ConvertUtility

extends BusinessObject

This type was created in VisualAge.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ConvertUtility()

Method Summary

static String	addApostrophes(String value) This method adds an additional apostrophe into contractions to satisfy an SQL statement An example would be: "can't" becomes "can''t".
static BigDecimal	convertNumberToBigDecimal(Number pNumber) Takes a java.lang.Number and returns a java.math.BigDecimal that has the BigDecimal form of the value in the Number.
static String[]	convertToStringArray(List stringList) Creates a String[] from the given List containing Strings.
static int	get4DigitYear(Date pDate) Return the 4 digit year part of a date for example 2002-01-01 would be returned as 2002
static int	getCentury(Date pDate) Return the century part of a date, for example 2002-01-01 in this context has a century of 20.
static Date	getDate(int pYr, int pMonth, int pDay) Return the Date based on ints for 4 digit year, month and day
static Date	getDate(int pCentry, int pYr, int pMonth, int pDay) Return the Date based on ints for century, year, month and day
static int	getDay(Date pDate) Return the day part of a date
static int	getMonth(Date pDate) Return the month part of a date
static String	getStringSpacedOutTo(int pSize, Object obj) Return a String spaced out to the specified length with either spaces of 0 if it is numberic
static int	getTime(Date pDate) Returns the time portion of the date as a 6 or 5 digit number in the form of HHMMSS.
static int	getYear(Date pDate) Return the 2 digit year part of a date for example 2002-01-01 would be returned as 2
static String	insertLeadingZeros(String value, int length) Insert the method's description here.
static String	replace(String pString, String pOldValue, String pNewValue) Replace each occurance of string pOldValue with string pNewValue and return the resulting string
static ConvertUtility	singleton()
static Vector	subString(String val, int length) Take a String and convert it to a Vector of Strings by substring the specified length
static String	toHTMLString(int value) Converts a number to an HTML-safe string

Methods inherited from class planetj.common.BusinessObject

generateException, generateException, generateException, generateException, generateException, getTranslation, invoke, toBoolean, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConvertUtility

public ConvertUtility()

Method Detail

addApostrophes

public static String addApostrophes(String value)

This method adds an additional apostrophe into contractions to satisfy an SQL statement An example would be: "can't" becomes "can''t". Creation date: (11/30/2001 12:09:14 PM)

Parameters:

value - java.lang.String

Returns:

java.lang.String

convertNumberToBigDecimal

public static BigDecimal convertNumberToBigDecimal(Number pNumber)

Takes a java.lang.Number and returns a java.math.BigDecimal that has the BigDecimal form of the value in the Number.

Parameters:

pNumber - java.lang.Number

Returns:

java.math.BigDecimal

convertToStringArray

public static String[] convertToStringArray(List stringList)
                                     throws CMException

Creates a String[] from the given List containing Strings.

Parameters:

stringList - List of Strings

Throws:

CMException - thrown when given List doesn't contain all Strings.

get4DigitYear

public static int get4DigitYear(Date pDate)

Return the 4 digit year part of a date for example 2002-01-01 would be returned as 2002

getCentury

public static int getCentury(Date pDate)

Return the century part of a date, for example 2002-01-01 in this context has a century of 20. We use this to build the date later.

getDate

public static Date getDate(int pYr,
                           int pMonth,
                           int pDay)

Return the Date based on ints for 4 digit year, month and day

getDate

public static Date getDate(int pCentry,
                           int pYr,
                           int pMonth,
                           int pDay)

Return the Date based on ints for century, year, month and day

getDay

public static int getDay(Date pDate)

Return the day part of a date

getMonth

public static int getMonth(Date pDate)

Return the month part of a date

getStringSpacedOutTo

public static String getStringSpacedOutTo(int pSize,
                                          Object obj)

Return a String spaced out to the specified length with either spaces of 0 if it is numberic

getTime

public static int getTime(Date pDate)

Returns the time portion of the date as a 6 or 5 digit number in the form of HHMMSS. For example, 3:00:00 PM would be represented by 150000. 4:15:23 AM would be represented by 41523.

getYear

public static int getYear(Date pDate)

Return the 2 digit year part of a date for example 2002-01-01 would be returned as 2

insertLeadingZeros

public static String insertLeadingZeros(String value,
                                        int length)

Insert the method's description here. Creation date: (11/6/2001 1:24:41 PM)

replace

public static String replace(String pString,
                             String pOldValue,
                             String pNewValue)

Replace each occurance of string pOldValue with string pNewValue and return the resulting string

singleton

public static ConvertUtility singleton()

subString

public static Vector subString(String val,
                               int length)

Take a String and convert it to a Vector of Strings by substring the specified length

toHTMLString

public static String toHTMLString(int value)

Converts a number to an HTML-safe string