jargs.gnu.option
Class DateOption

java.lang.Object
  jargs.gnu.option.AbstractOption<java.util.Date>
      jargs.gnu.option.DateOption

public class DateOption
extends AbstractOption<java.util.Date>

An option that expects a date value.

Author:

Philipp Eichhorn

Constructor Summary

DateOption(char shortForm, java.lang.String longForm, java.lang.String description)

DateOption(char shortForm, java.lang.String longForm, java.lang.String description, java.text.DateFormat dateFormat)

DateOption(java.lang.String longForm, java.lang.String description)

DateOption(java.lang.String longForm, java.lang.String description, java.text.DateFormat dateFormat)

Method Summary

java.util.Date

parseValue(java.lang.String arg, java.util.Locale locale) Override to extract and convert an option value passed on the command-line.

Methods inherited from class jargs.gnu.option.AbstractOption

addValidator, description, getValue, longForm, shortForm, toString, wantsValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DateOption

public DateOption(java.lang.String longForm,
                  java.lang.String description)

DateOption

public DateOption(char shortForm,
                  java.lang.String longForm,
                  java.lang.String description)

DateOption

public DateOption(java.lang.String longForm,
                  java.lang.String description,
                  java.text.DateFormat dateFormat)

DateOption

public DateOption(char shortForm,
                  java.lang.String longForm,
                  java.lang.String description,
                  java.text.DateFormat dateFormat)

Method Detail

parseValue

public java.util.Date parseValue(java.lang.String arg,
                                 java.util.Locale locale)
                          throws IllegalOptionValueException

Description copied from class: AbstractOption

Override to extract and convert an option value passed on the command-line.

Specified by:

parseValue in class AbstractOption<java.util.Date>

Parameters:

arg - A command-line argument.

locale - The specified Locale.

Returns:

The parsed option value.

Throws:

IllegalOptionValueException