org.progeeks.tool.gen
Class DateGenerator

java.lang.Object
  org.progeeks.tool.gen.BaseDataGenerator
      org.progeeks.tool.gen.DateGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

DataGenerator

public class DateGenerator
extends BaseDataGenerator

Generates a date between start and stop times. If stop is set less than start, will properly reverse them. If start is not set, it is set by new Date(0). If stop is not set, it is set by new Date() each time generateData is called . In other words, it will always represent the current time. If movingRange is true, the starting time will be converted to a time relative to the stopping time as follows:

currentStart = new Date(stop.getTime() - start.getTime())

This is most useful if stop is not specified (i.e. is always the current time) and you want to generate a date over some fixed-length period around the current time. Usually this means that start should be set to some time relatively near Jan 1, 1970. Note that if you want to generate a time after the present time, start should be set to before Jan 1, 1970 since that will yield a negative value from start.getTime(). currentStart and stop are properly reversed in this case.

Field Summary

protected static Log

log

Fields inherited from class org.progeeks.tool.gen.BaseDataGenerator

allowNull, nullPercentage

Constructor Summary

DateGenerator()

Method Summary

protected java.lang.Object	generateRealData(DataGeneratorContext context) Left for sub-classes.
java.util.Date	getStart()
java.util.Date	getStop()
boolean	isMovingRange()
protected void	setCurrentRange()
void	setMovingRange(boolean movingRange) Sets if this is a range based around the current time.
void	setStart(java.util.Date min)
void	setStop(java.util.Date max)
protected boolean	testData(java.lang.Object testItem, DataGeneratorContext context) Checks if the given item meets the criteria set for this generator.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.progeeks.tool.gen.BaseDataGenerator

generateData, getAllowNull, getDataClass, getDataClazz, getEnforceResolvable, getNullPercentage, isDataValid, setAllowNull, setDataClass, setEnforceResolvable, setNullPercentage

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

log

protected static final Log log

Constructor Detail

DateGenerator

public DateGenerator()

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

generateRealData

protected java.lang.Object generateRealData(DataGeneratorContext context)

Description copied from class: BaseDataGenerator

Left for sub-classes. Subclasses should usually not return null from this.

Specified by:

generateRealData in class BaseDataGenerator

testData

protected boolean testData(java.lang.Object testItem,
                           DataGeneratorContext context)

Checks if the given item meets the criteria set for this generator. Assumes that the object is of the proper type. Any date that is after the initial starting date (set during the first call to generateRealData) and before the current stop date is valid. This handles the case where movingRange is true and the current possible range of dates has moved away from earlier values.

Specified by:

testData in class BaseDataGenerator

setCurrentRange

protected void setCurrentRange()

setStop

public void setStop(java.util.Date max)

Parameters:

stop - The stop to set.

setStart

public void setStart(java.util.Date min)

Parameters:

start - The start to set.

getStop

public java.util.Date getStop()

Returns:

Returns the stop.

getStart

public java.util.Date getStart()

Returns:

Returns the start.

isMovingRange

public boolean isMovingRange()

Returns:

Returns the movingRange.

setMovingRange

public void setMovingRange(boolean movingRange)

Sets if this is a range based around the current time. Defaults to false.

Parameters:

movingRange - The movingRange to set.