net.sf.plist

Class NSDate

java.lang.Object

net.sf.plist.NSObject

net.sf.plist.NSDate

public final class NSDate
extends NSObject

Represents a date and time.

In this implementation, a Date is used to represent the NSDate.

See Also:

Date

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NSDate(java.util.Date theDate) Constructor.
NSDate(double theDouble) Constructor for Double values.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.text.SimpleDateFormat	getFormatter() Get the format used for dates in Property List files
long	getTime()
java.util.Date	getValue() Get the unmodifiable value of this object.
boolean	isTrue() Return whether or not the value evaluates to true.
java.util.Date	toDate() Get the Date represented by this object.
double	toDouble() Generate a double value which represents the Date contained within the object.
long	toLong() Return the value as a long.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.plist.NSObject

equals, hashCode, toBoolean, toBytes, toInteger, toList, toMap, toNumber, toStream, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NSDate

public NSDate(java.util.Date theDate)

Constructor.

Parameters:

theDate - value of the new object

NSDate

public NSDate(double theDouble)

Constructor for Double values. Use this constructor for values returned by the toDouble() method.

Method Detail

getFormatter

public static java.text.SimpleDateFormat getFormatter()

Get the format used for dates in Property List files

Returns:

the date format

getValue

public java.util.Date getValue()

Get the unmodifiable value of this object.

Specified by:

getValue in class NSObject

Returns:

the unmodifiable value of this object

See Also:

toDate()

toDate

public java.util.Date toDate()

Get the Date represented by this object.

Overrides:

toDate in class NSObject

Returns:

the Date

getTime

public long getTime()

See Also:

Date.getTime()

isTrue

public boolean isTrue()

Return whether or not the value evaluates to true.

A value returns to true if and only if

• it is the NSBoolean type NSBoolean.TRUE
• It is an NSString which has a length greater than zero and does not equal "NO" or "False" (case insensitive)
• It is an NSNumber greater than 0
• It is an NSCollection which contains more than zero elements
• It is an NSDate
• It is an NSData with a length greater than 0

Specified by:

isTrue in class NSObject

Returns:

the value evaluates to true

toLong

public long toLong()

Return the value as a long. If this is not a NSInteger the long value is derived from the actual value.

Specified by:

toLong in class NSObject

Returns:

the long

toDouble

public double toDouble()

Generate a double value which represents the Date contained within the object. This value is used by the binary Property List format.

Specified by:

toDouble in class NSObject

Returns:

the double