freemarker.template

Interface TemplateDateModel

All Superinterfaces:

TemplateModel

All Known Implementing Classes:

DateModel, SimpleDate

public interface TemplateDateModel
extends TemplateModel

"date" template language data type: similar to Date; a time-zone-independent date-only, time-only or date-time value. Contrary to Java, FreeMarker distinguishes values that represent only a time, only a date, or a combined date and time.

Author:

Attila Szegedi

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	DATE The date model represents a date-only value.
static int	DATETIME The date model represents a date-time value.
static int	TIME The date model represents a time-only value.
static java.util.List	TYPE_NAMES
static int	UNKNOWN It is not known whether the date represents a time-only, a date-only, or a date-time value.

Fields inherited from interface freemarker.template.TemplateModel

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Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.Date	getAsDate() Returns the date value.
int	getDateType() Returns the type of the date.

Field Detail

UNKNOWN

static final int UNKNOWN

It is not known whether the date represents a time-only, a date-only, or a date-time value. This often leads to exceptions in templates due to ambiguities it causes, so avoid it if possible.

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Constant Field Values

TIME

static final int TIME

The date model represents a time-only value.

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Constant Field Values

DATE

static final int DATE

The date model represents a date-only value.

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Constant Field Values

DATETIME

static final int DATETIME

The date model represents a date-time value.

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Constant Field Values

TYPE_NAMES

static final java.util.List TYPE_NAMES

Method Detail

getAsDate

java.util.Date getAsDate()
                         throws TemplateModelException

Returns the date value. The return value must not be null.

Throws:

TemplateModelException

getDateType

int getDateType()

Returns the type of the date. It can be any of TIME, DATE, or DATETIME.