com.ibm.as400.access
Class DateFieldDescription

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.as400.access.FieldDescription
      com.ibm.as400.access.DateFieldDescription

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class DateFieldDescription
extends FieldDescription
implements Serializable

The DateFieldDescription class represents the description of the data in a date field. It allows:

• The user to describe a date field to the RecordFormat object.
• The RecordFormat object to describe a date field to the user.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field and Description

Fields inherited from class com.ibm.as400.access.FieldDescription

ALIGN_LEFT, ALIGN_RIGHT

Constructor and Description

DateFieldDescription()
Constructs a DateFieldDescription object.

DateFieldDescription(AS400Text dataType, String name)
Constructs a DateFieldDescription object.

DateFieldDescription(AS400Text dataType, String name, String ddsName)
Constructs a DateFieldDescription object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getDATFMT() Returns the value specified for the DATFMT keyword for this field.
String	getDATSEP() Returns the value specified for the DATSEP keyword for this field.
void	setDataType(AS400Text dataType) Sets the AS400DataType object describing this field.
void	setDATFMT(String dateFormat) Sets the value to specify for the DATFMT keyword for this field.
void	setDATSEP(String dateSeparator) Sets the value to specify for the DATSEP keyword for this field.
void	setDFT(String defaultValue) Sets the value for the DFT keyword for this field.
void	setDFTCurrent() Sets the default value for this field to be the current date.
void	setDFTNull() Sets the value for the DFT keyword to be *NULL for this field.

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.as400.access.FieldDescription

getALIAS, getALWNULL, getCOLHDG, getDataType, getDDSName, getDFT, getDFTCurrentValue, getFieldName, getKeyFieldFunctions, getLayoutAlignment, getLayoutLength, getLength, getREFFLD, getTEXT, isDFTCurrent, isDFTNull, setALIAS, setALWNULL, setCOLHDG, setDataType, setDDSName, setFieldName, setKeyFieldFunctions, setLayoutAlignment, setLayoutAttributes, setLayoutLength, setREFFLD, setTEXT

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateFieldDescription

public DateFieldDescription()

Constructs a DateFieldDescription object.

DateFieldDescription

public DateFieldDescription(AS400Text dataType,
                            String name)

Constructs a DateFieldDescription object. It uses the specified data type and name of the field. The length of the field will be the length specified on the AS400Text object.

Parameters:

dataType - Describes the field and provides the conversion capability for the contents of the field.

name - The name of the field.

DateFieldDescription

public DateFieldDescription(AS400Text dataType,
                            String name,
                            String ddsName)

Constructs a DateFieldDescription object. It uses the specified data type, name, and DDS name of the field.

Parameters:

dataType - Describes the field and provides the conversion capability for the contents of the field.

name - The name of the field.

ddsName - The DDS name of this field. This is the name of the field as it would appear in a DDS description of the field. The length of ddsName must be 10 characters or less.

Method Detail

getDATFMT

public String getDATFMT()

Returns the value specified for the DATFMT keyword for this field.

Returns:

The value specified for DATFMT for this field. If DATFMT was not specified for this field, an empty string is returned.

getDATSEP

public String getDATSEP()

Returns the value specified for the DATSEP keyword for this field.

Returns:

The value specified for DATSEP for this field. If DATSEP was not specified for this field, an empty string is returned.

setDataType

public void setDataType(AS400Text dataType)

Sets the AS400DataType object describing this field.

Parameters:

dataType - The AS400DataType that describes this field. The dataType cannot be null.

setDATFMT

public void setDATFMT(String dateFormat)

Sets the value to specify for the DATFMT keyword for this field.

Parameters:

dateFormat - The value to specify for DATFMT for this field. The dateFormat cannot be null.

setDATSEP

public void setDATSEP(String dateSeparator)

Sets the value to specify for the DATSEP keyword for this field.

Parameters:

dateSeparator - The value to specify for DATSEP for this field. The dateSeparator cannot be null.

setDFT

public void setDFT(String defaultValue)

Sets the value for the DFT keyword for this field.

Parameters:

defaultValue - The default value for this field. The defaultValuecannot be null. To set a default value of *NULL, use the setDFTNull() method.

setDFTCurrent

public void setDFTCurrent()

Sets the default value for this field to be the current date. Calling this method will replace the DFT keyword that was previously set on a call to setDFT(String) or setDFTNull().

setDFTNull

public void setDFTNull()

Sets the value for the DFT keyword to be *NULL for this field. Calling this method will replace the DFT keyword that was previously set on a call to setDFT(String) or setDFTCurrent(). Note: This field must also have its ALWNULL keyword set to true to prevent DDS errors.