net.sf.jabref.export.layout.format

Class CurrentDate

java.lang.Object

net.sf.jabref.export.layout.format.CurrentDate

All Implemented Interfaces:

LayoutFormatter

public class CurrentDate
extends java.lang.Object
implements LayoutFormatter

Inserts the current date (the time a database is being exported).

If a fieldText is given, it must be a valid SimpleDateFormat pattern. If none is given, the format pattern will be yyyy.MM.dd hh:mm:ss z

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

andreas_sf at rudert-home dot de

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CurrentDate()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	format(java.lang.String fieldText) Failure Mode:

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CurrentDate

public CurrentDate()

Method Detail

format

public java.lang.String format(java.lang.String fieldText)

Description copied from interface: LayoutFormatter

Failure Mode:

Formatters should be robust in the sense that they always return some relevant string.

If the formatter can detect an invalid input it should return the original string otherwise it may simply return a wrong output.

Specified by:

format in interface LayoutFormatter

Parameters:

fieldText - The text to layout.

Returns:

The layouted text.