DateFormat.Field JDK 1.6)

Description

publicstatic class DateFormat.Field

Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the AttributedCharacterIterator returned from DateFormat.formatToCharacterIterator and as field identifiers in FieldPosition.

The class also provides two methods to map between its constants and the corresponding Calendar constants.

See also: Calendar

Constructors

protected DateFormat.Field (String name, int calendarField)

Creates a Field.

Creates a Field.
Parameters:
- name - the name of the Field
- calendarField - the Calendar constant this Field corresponds to; any value, even one outside the range of legal Calendar values may be used, but -1 should be used for values that don't correspond to legal Calendar values

Methods

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publicfinal boolean equals (Object obj) [Inherited From AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute]

Compares two objects for equality.

Compares two objects for equality. This version only returns true
for x.equals(y) if x and y refer
to the same object, and guarantees this for all subclasses.

public int getCalendarField ()

Returns the Calendar field associated with this attribute.

Returns the Calendar field associated with this
attribute. For example, if this represents the hours field of
a Calendar, this would return
Calendar.HOUR. If there is no corresponding
Calendar constant, this will return -1.
Returns: Calendar constant for this field
See Also: Calendar,

protected String getName () [Inherited From AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute]

Returns the name of the attribute.

publicfinal int hashCode () [Inherited From AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute]

Returns a hash code value for the object.

publicstatic Field ofCalendarField (int calendarField)

Returns the Field constant that corresponds to the Calendar constant calendarField.

Returns the Field constant that corresponds to
the Calendar constant calendarField.
If there is no direct mapping between the Calendar
constant and a Field, null is returned.
Returns: Field instance representing calendarField.
Parameters:
- calendarField - Calendar field constant
Throws:
- IllegalArgumentException - if calendarField is not the value of a Calendar field constant.
See Also: Calendar,

protected Object readResolve () throws InvalidObjectException [Overrides AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute]

Resolves instances being deserialized to the predefined constants.

public String toString () [Inherited From AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute]

Returns a string representation of the object.

Fields

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publicfinalstatic Field AM_PM

Constant identifying the time of day indicator (e.g.

publicfinalstatic Field DAY_OF_MONTH

Constant identifying the day of month field.

publicfinalstatic Field DAY_OF_WEEK

Constant identifying the day of week field.

publicfinalstatic Field DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH

Constant identifying the day of week field.

publicfinalstatic Field DAY_OF_YEAR

Constant identifying the day of year field.

publicfinalstatic Field ERA

Constant identifying the era field.

publicfinalstatic Field HOUR_OF_DAY0

Constant identifying the hour of day field, where the legal values are 0 to 23.

publicfinalstatic Field HOUR_OF_DAY1

Constant identifying the hour of day field, where the legal values are 1 to 24.

publicfinalstatic Field HOUR0

Constant identifying the hour field, where the legal values are 0 to 11.

publicfinalstatic Field HOUR1

Constant identifying the hour field, where the legal values are 1 to 12.

publicfinalstatic Attribute INPUT_METHOD_SEGMENT [Inherited From AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute]

Attribute key for input method segments.

publicfinalstatic Attribute LANGUAGE [Inherited From AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute]

Attribute key for the language of some text.

publicfinalstatic Field MILLISECOND

Constant identifying the millisecond field.

publicfinalstatic Field MINUTE

Constant identifying the minute field.

publicfinalstatic Field MONTH

Constant identifying the month field.

publicfinalstatic Attribute READING [Inherited From AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute]

Attribute key for the reading of some text.

publicfinalstatic Field SECOND

Constant identifying the second field.

publicfinalstatic Field TIME_ZONE

Constant identifying the time zone field.

publicfinalstatic Field WEEK_OF_MONTH

Constant identifying the week of month field.

publicfinalstatic Field WEEK_OF_YEAR

Constant identifying the week of year field.

publicfinalstatic Field YEAR

Constant identifying the year field.