com.novell.admin.ns
Class DateValue

java.lang.Object
  com.novell.admin.ns.ValueComponent
      com.novell.admin.ns.Value
          com.novell.admin.ns.DateValue

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

public final class DateValue

extends Value

Storage class for all syntaxes that use date and time.

This is an immutable class.

See Also:

BooleanValue, HexValue, StringValue, LongValue, StreamValue, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

DateValue(Syntax syntax, java.util.Date date)
Constructor that uses a Date object.

DateValue(Syntax syntax, long millis)
Constructs a DateValue object using an integer.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getGeneralizedTime() Returns the value as a String in Generalized Time format.
long	getMillis() Returns the value as an integer.
java.util.Date	getValue() Returns the value as a Date.

Methods inherited from class com.novell.admin.ns.Value

clone

Methods inherited from class com.novell.admin.ns.ValueComponent

compareTo, equals, getSyntax, isWithinBounds, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DateValue

public DateValue(Syntax syntax,
                 java.util.Date date)

Constructor that uses a Date object.

This constructor should only be called from date/time strategy classes and not directly in an application.

Parameters:

syntax - Associated syntax for this date value.

date - The Date object.

DateValue

public DateValue(Syntax syntax,
                 long millis)

Constructs a DateValue object using an integer.

This constructor should only be called from date/time strategy classes and not directly in an application.

Parameters:

syntax - Associated syntax for this date value.

millis - The milliseconds since Jan 1, 1970.

Method Detail

getGeneralizedTime

public java.lang.String getGeneralizedTime()

Returns the value as a String in Generalized Time format. YYYYMMDDhhmmssZ

Returns:

The value as integer type.

getMillis

public long getMillis()

Returns the value as an integer.

Returns:

The value as integer type.

getValue

public java.util.Date getValue()

Returns the value as a Date.

Returns:

The value as Date type.