org.gcube.indexmanagement.bdbwrapper
Class CustomDate

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Date
      org.gcube.indexmanagement.bdbwrapper.CustomDate

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Comparable<Date>

public class CustomDate
extends Date
implements Serializable

This class represents a date whose serialization is formed according to a custom date format.

Author:

Spyros Boutsis, NKUA, Vasilis Verroios, NKUA

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

byte[]	getBytes() Encodes the given CustomDate object to an array of bytes
static CustomDate	toCustomDate(byte[] data) Reconstructs an CustomDate object from an array of bytes, produced using the getBytes method on a CustomDate object
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.util.Date

after, before, clone, compareTo, equals, getDate, getDay, getHours, getMinutes, getMonth, getSeconds, getTime, getTimezoneOffset, getYear, hashCode, parse, setDate, setHours, setMinutes, setMonth, setSeconds, setTime, setYear, toGMTString, toLocaleString, UTC

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Date

getBytes

public byte[] getBytes()

Encodes the given CustomDate object to an array of bytes

Returns:

the array of bytes

toCustomDate

public static CustomDate toCustomDate(byte[] data)

Reconstructs an CustomDate object from an array of bytes, produced using the getBytes method on a CustomDate object

Parameters:

data - the array of bytes

Returns:

the new CustomDate object