org.ldaptive.io

Class GeneralizedTimeValueTranscoder

java.lang.Object

org.ldaptive.io.AbstractStringValueTranscoder<Calendar>

org.ldaptive.io.GeneralizedTimeValueTranscoder

All Implemented Interfaces:

ValueTranscoder<Calendar>

public class GeneralizedTimeValueTranscoder
extends AbstractStringValueTranscoder<Calendar>

Decodes and encodes a generalized time for use in an ldap attribute value. See http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4517#section-3.3.13

Author:

Middleware Services

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GeneralizedTimeValueTranscoder()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Calendar	decodeStringValue(String value) Decodes the supplied ldap attribute value into a custom type.
String	encodeStringValue(Calendar value) Encodes the supplied value into an ldap attribute value.
Class<Calendar>	getType() Returns the type produced by this value transcoder.
protected Calendar	parseGeneralizedTime(String value) Parses the supplied value and sets a calendar with the appropriate fields.

Methods inherited from class org.ldaptive.io.AbstractStringValueTranscoder

decodeBinaryValue, encodeBinaryValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GeneralizedTimeValueTranscoder

public GeneralizedTimeValueTranscoder()

Method Detail

decodeStringValue

public Calendar decodeStringValue(String value)

Description copied from interface: ValueTranscoder

Decodes the supplied ldap attribute value into a custom type.

Parameters:

value - to decode

Returns:

decoded value

encodeStringValue

public String encodeStringValue(Calendar value)

Description copied from interface: ValueTranscoder

Encodes the supplied value into an ldap attribute value.

Parameters:

value - to encode

Returns:

encoded value

getType

public Class<Calendar> getType()

Description copied from interface: ValueTranscoder

Returns the type produced by this value transcoder.

Returns:

type produced by this value transcoder

parseGeneralizedTime

protected Calendar parseGeneralizedTime(String value)
                                 throws ParseException

Parses the supplied value and sets a calendar with the appropriate fields.

Parameters:

value - of generalized time to parse

Returns:

calendar initialized to the correct time

Throws:

ParseException - if the value does not contain correct generalized time syntax