com.pervasive.datarush.tokens.scalar

Interface DateValued

All Superinterfaces:

ScalarTyped, ScalarValued, TokenTyped, TokenValued

All Known Subinterfaces:

DateInputField, DateValuedIterator

All Known Implementing Classes:

DateRegister, DateToken, DateTokenConverter, NullToken

public interface DateValued
extends ScalarValued

A TokenValued object containing a date value.

See Also:

TokenTypeConstant#DATE

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CalendarDate	asCalendarDate() Gets the contained date value.
Date	asDate() Deprecated. since 6.1; use asCalendarDate() instead to obtain an object representation of the contained value.
Date	asDate(TimeZone tz) Deprecated. since 6.1; use asCalendarDate() instead to obtain an object representation of the contained value.
long	asEpochDays() Gets the contained date value as the number of days since Java epoch (January 1, 1970).

Methods inherited from interface com.pervasive.datarush.tokens.scalar.ScalarValued

getType, isZero

Methods inherited from interface com.pervasive.datarush.tokens.TokenValued

isNull

Method Detail

asDate

@Deprecated
Date asDate()

Deprecated. since 6.1; use asCalendarDate() instead to obtain an object representation of the contained value.

Gets the contained date value as a java.sql.Date relative to the default time zone. The time zone used by TimeZone.getDefault() is used.

Returns:

the contained value as a java.sql.Date. If null valued, as indicated by TokenValued.isNull(), null is returned.

asDate

@Deprecated
Date asDate(TimeZone tz)

Deprecated. since 6.1; use asCalendarDate() instead to obtain an object representation of the contained value.

Gets the contained date value as a java.sql.Date relative to the given time zone.

Parameters:

tz - the time zone in which to interpret the date

Returns:

the contained value as a java.sql.Date. If null valued, as indicated by TokenValued.isNull(), null is returned.

asEpochDays

long asEpochDays()

Gets the contained date value as the number of days since Java epoch (January 1, 1970).

Returns:

the contained value as days since Java epoch. If null valued, as indicated by TokenValued.isNull(), 0 is returned.

asCalendarDate

CalendarDate asCalendarDate()

Gets the contained date value. This value represents the timezone free date portion of a timestamp.

Returns:

the contained value as a calendar date. If null valued, as indicated by TokenValued.isNull(), null is returned.