Package gov.nasa.pds.registry.common.util.date

Class PdsDateConverter

java.lang.Object

gov.nasa.pds.registry.common.util.date.PdsDateConverter

public class PdsDateConverter
extends Object

Utility class to convert dates from different PDS formats to "ISO instant" format.

Author:

karpenko

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PdsDateConverter(boolean strict)	Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	toIsoInstantString(String fieldName, String value)	Convert a date in one of PDS date formats to ISO instant string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

PdsDateConverter

public PdsDateConverter(boolean strict)

Constructor

Parameters:

strict - if true, throw exception if a date could not be converted to ISO instant. If false, only print warning message.

Method Details

toIsoInstantString

public String toIsoInstantString(String fieldName,
 String value)
                          throws Exception

Convert a date in one of PDS date formats to ISO instant string.

Parameters:

fieldName - Metadata field name. Field name is used to return default values for "start" and "stop" dates (e.g., mission "start_date_time" and "stop_date_time").

value - a date in one of PDS date formats

Returns:

ISO instant string

Throws:

Exception - Generic exception