Method Detail

• getAbsoluteDate

  public static java.util.GregorianCalendar getAbsoluteDate(RelativeDate relativeDate,
                                                            boolean isLogicalDate)

  Gets the absolute date for a relative date with the current date and time as the relevance point.

  Parameters:

  isLogicalDate - false if this date should include the time.

  Returns:

  a gregorian calendar.

• getAbsoluteDate

  public static java.util.GregorianCalendar getAbsoluteDate(RelativeDate relativeDate,
                                                            java.util.Date baseDate,
                                                            boolean isLogicalDate)

  Gets the absolute date for a relative date with a base date and time as the relevance point.

  Parameters:

  baseDate - the relevance point to get the absolute date for.

  isLogicalDate - false if this date should include the time.

  Returns:

  a gregorian calendar.

• isRelativeDate

  public static boolean isRelativeDate(java.lang.Object value)

  Checks if a value, usually criteria value, is a relative date.

  Parameters:

  value - the value to check.

  Returns:

  true if the value is a relative date, otherwise false.

• createLogicalDate

  public static java.util.GregorianCalendar createLogicalDate(int year,
                                                              int month,
                                                              int day)

  Creates a logical date for the year, month and day provided. This method will default the locale to the servers current locale.

  Parameters:

  year - the year, such as 1984.

  month - the month, a value between 0 and 11 inclusive where 0 is January.

  day - the day of the month, a value between 1 and 31 inclusive.

  Returns:

  a GregorianCalendar representing the logical date.

• createLogicalDate

  public static java.util.GregorianCalendar createLogicalDate(int year,
                                                              int month,
                                                              int day,
                                                              java.util.Locale locale)

  Creates a logical date for the locale, year, month and day provided.

  Parameters:

  year - the year, such as 1984.

  month - the month, a value between 0 and 11 inclusive where 0 is January.

  day - the day of the month, a value between 1 and 31 inclusive.

  locale - the locale or time zone of the date to create.

  Returns:

  a GregorianCalendar representing the logical date.

• createLogicalDate

  public static java.util.GregorianCalendar createLogicalDate(long millisecondsTimeStamp)

  Creates a logical date for the locale and timestamp in milliseconds provided. This method will default the locale to the servers current locale.

  Parameters:

  millisecondsTimeStamp - the timestamp in UTC milliseconds from the epoch.

  Returns:

  a GregorianCalendar representing the logical date.

• createLogicalDate

  public static java.util.GregorianCalendar createLogicalDate(long millisecondsTimeStamp,
                                                              java.util.Locale locale)

  Creates a logical date for the locale and timestamp in milliseconds provided.

  Parameters:

  millisecondsTimeStamp - the timestamp in UTC milliseconds from the epoch.

  locale - the locale or time zone of the date to create.

  Returns:

  a GregorianCalendar representing the logical date.