lazyj.mail

Class MailDate

java.lang.Object

lazyj.mail.MailDate

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<MailDate>

public final class MailDate
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable<MailDate>

Decode/encode the dates from the mail headers with various format fallbacks. It also provides several methods of converting the date to string for various purposes.

Since:

2006-10-06

Author:

costing

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
int	day day of the month
int	dow day of week
int	hour hour in day
int	min minute in hour
int	month month
java.lang.String	sDeplasareGMT offset to GMT
int	sec second in minute
java.lang.String	sLocalZone local time zone
int	year year

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MailDate(java.util.Date dParam) Construct an object based on a Date
MailDate(MailDate mdParam) Copy constructor.
MailDate(java.lang.String data) Constructor based on a String representation of a date.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compareTo(MailDate mdParam) Method to compare two dates.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object mdParam) Check if two dates are equal.
java.util.Date	getDate() Get the contents of this object in a Date format.
int	hashCode() Hash code for this object
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Testing code
java.lang.String	toFullString() A default Date.toString() for the current date
java.lang.String	toMailString() The representation from the standard mail : "Fri, 6 Oct 2006 11:11:08 +0200"
java.lang.String	toString() Show a nifty date, such as: "12 Jul 2003" "23 September" "Wednesday 24" "Yesterday 11:24"
java.lang.String	toString2() The same as toString(), but always having the hour:time at the end

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

day

public int day

day of the month

month

public int month

month

year

public int year

year

dow

public int dow

day of week

hour

public int hour

hour in day

min

public int min

minute in hour

sec

public int sec

second in minute

sDeplasareGMT

public java.lang.String sDeplasareGMT

offset to GMT

sLocalZone

public java.lang.String sLocalZone

local time zone

Constructor Detail

MailDate

public MailDate(java.util.Date dParam)

Construct an object based on a Date

Parameters:

dParam - Date object to build upon

MailDate

public MailDate(java.lang.String data)

Constructor based on a String representation of a date. Since this class is designed for mail-related use, it expects here typical mail date strings, like "Fri, 6 Oct 2006 15:07:29 +0200".

Parameters:

data - the string representation of the date

MailDate

public MailDate(MailDate mdParam)

Copy constructor.

Parameters:

mdParam -

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Show a nifty date, such as:
"12 Jul 2003"
"23 September"
"Wednesday 24"
"Yesterday 11:24"

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

nifty date format, sometimes with time

toString2

public java.lang.String toString2()

The same as toString(), but always having the hour:time at the end

Returns:

nifty date + time format

toFullString

public java.lang.String toFullString()

A default Date.toString() for the current date

Returns:

default Date formatting for this date

toMailString

public java.lang.String toMailString()

The representation from the standard mail : "Fri, 6 Oct 2006 11:11:08 +0200"

Returns:

mail date representation for this date

compareTo

public int compareTo(MailDate mdParam)

Method to compare two dates. Trivial, but necessary :)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable<MailDate>

Parameters:

mdParam - another MailDate to compare to

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object mdParam)

Check if two dates are equal.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

mdParam - other object

Returns:

true, if the given object is a MailDate, with the same time, false otherwise

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Hash code for this object

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the same hash as the coresponding Date object

getDate

public java.util.Date getDate()

Get the contents of this object in a Date format.

Returns:

the Date object with the same value

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Testing code

Parameters:

args - command line arguments