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Interface JqlLocalDateSupport

All Known Implementing Classes:

JqlLocalDateSupportImpl

public interface JqlLocalDateSupport

Interface that helps with LocalDate parsing and validation in JQL.

Since:

v4.4

See Also:

JqlDateSupport

Method Summary

Date	convertToDate(LocalDate date) Converts a LocalDate to a Date using the systems time zone.
LocalDate	convertToLocalDate(Long dateLong) Try to parse the passed date long.
LocalDate	convertToLocalDate(String dateString) Try to parse the passed date string using the formats that JQL understands.
String	getIndexedValue(LocalDate date) Converts a date into the index-friendly format.
String	getLocalDateString(LocalDate date) Return a string representation of the passed date.
boolean	validate(String dateString) Check to see if the passed string is a valid date according to JQL.

Method Detail

convertToLocalDate

LocalDate convertToLocalDate(String dateString)

Try to parse the passed date string using the formats that JQL understands. It will consider the user's time zone when parsing the date string.

Parameters:

dateString - the string to parse. Cannot be empty or null.

Returns:

the parsed date.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the passed dateString is blank or null.

convertToLocalDate

LocalDate convertToLocalDate(Long dateLong)

Try to parse the passed date long.

Parameters:

dateLong - the string to parse. Cannot be empty or null.

Returns:

the parsed date.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the passed dateString is blank or null.

getIndexedValue

String getIndexedValue(LocalDate date)

Converts a date into the index-friendly format.

Parameters:

date - the date

Returns:

a string representing the date, ready for comparison to indexed values.

validate

boolean validate(String dateString)

Check to see if the passed string is a valid date according to JQL.

Parameters:

dateString - the string to check cannot be null.

Returns:

true if the date is valid; false otherwise.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the passed dateString is blank or null

getLocalDateString

String getLocalDateString(LocalDate date)

Return a string representation of the passed date. This method should just convert the date into its parseable String representation.

Parameters:

date - the date to convert. Cannot be null.

Returns:

return the passed date as a string.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the passed date is null.

convertToDate

Date convertToDate(LocalDate date)

Converts a LocalDate to a Date using the systems time zone.

Parameters:

date - the date to convert. Cannot be null.

Returns:

return the Date for the local date.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the passed date is null.