DateTimePatternGenerator

DAY

int DAY

Constant Value: 7 (0x00000007)

DAYPERIOD

int DAYPERIOD

Constant Value: 10 (0x0000000a)

DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH

int DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH

Constant Value: 9 (0x00000009)

DAY_OF_YEAR

int DAY_OF_YEAR

Constant Value: 8 (0x00000008)

ERA

int ERA

Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)

FRACTIONAL_SECOND

int FRACTIONAL_SECOND

Constant Value: 14 (0x0000000e)

HOUR

int HOUR

Constant Value: 11 (0x0000000b)

MATCH_ALL_FIELDS_LENGTH

int MATCH_ALL_FIELDS_LENGTH

Option mask for forcing the width of all date and time fields.

Constant Value: 65535 (0x0000ffff)

MATCH_HOUR_FIELD_LENGTH

int MATCH_HOUR_FIELD_LENGTH

Option mask for forcing the width of hour field.

Constant Value: 2048 (0x00000800)

MATCH_NO_OPTIONS

int MATCH_NO_OPTIONS

Default option mask used for getBestPattern(String, int) and replaceFieldTypes(String, String, int).

Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)

MINUTE

int MINUTE

Constant Value: 12 (0x0000000c)

MONTH

int MONTH

Constant Value: 3 (0x00000003)

QUARTER

int QUARTER

Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)

SECOND

int SECOND

Constant Value: 13 (0x0000000d)

WEEKDAY

int WEEKDAY

Constant Value: 6 (0x00000006)

WEEK_OF_MONTH

int WEEK_OF_MONTH

Constant Value: 5 (0x00000005)

WEEK_OF_YEAR

int WEEK_OF_YEAR

Constant Value: 4 (0x00000004)

YEAR

int YEAR

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

ZONE

int ZONE

Constant Value: 15 (0x0000000f)

DateTimePatternGenerator

DateTimePatternGenerator ()

Only for use by subclasses

addPattern

DateTimePatternGenerator addPattern (String pattern, 
                boolean override, 
                DateTimePatternGenerator.PatternInfo returnInfo)

Adds a pattern to the generator. If the pattern has the same skeleton as an existing pattern, and the override parameter is set, then the previous value is overridden. Otherwise, the previous value is retained. In either case, the conflicting information is returned in PatternInfo.

Note that single-field patterns (like "MMM") are automatically added, and don't need to be added explicitly! *

Example code:

Date date= new GregorianCalendar(1999,9,13,23,58,59).getTime();
ULocale locale = ULocale.FRANCE;
// Create an DateTimePatternGenerator instance for the given locale
DateTimePatternGenerator gen = DateTimePatternGenerator.getInstance(locale);
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(gen.getBestPattern("MMMMddHmm"), locale);
DateTimePatternGenerator.PatternInfo returnInfo = new DateTimePatternGenerator.PatternInfo();
// Add '. von' to the existing pattern
gen.addPattern("dd'. von' MMMM", true, returnInfo);
// Apply the new pattern
format.applyPattern(gen.getBestPattern("MMMMddHmm"));
System.out.println("New Pattern for FRENCH: "+format.toPattern());
System.out.println("Date Time in new Pattern: "+format.format(date));

/** output of the sample code:
**************************************************************************************************
 New Pattern for FRENCH: dd. 'von' MMMM HH:mm
 Date Time in new Pattern: 13. von octobre 23:58

*************************************************************************************************/

clone

Object clone ()

Returns a copy of this DateTimePatternGenerator object.

cloneAsThawed

DateTimePatternGenerator cloneAsThawed ()

Provides for the clone operation. Any clone is initially unfrozen.

freeze

DateTimePatternGenerator freeze ()

Freezes the object.

getAppendItemFormat

String getAppendItemFormat (int field)

Getter corresponding to setAppendItemFormats. Values below 0 or at or above TYPE_LIMIT are illegal arguments.

getAppendItemName

String getAppendItemName (int field)

Getter corresponding to setAppendItemNames. Values below 0 or at or above TYPE_LIMIT are illegal arguments.

getBaseSkeleton

String getBaseSkeleton (String pattern)

Utility to return a unique base skeleton from a given pattern. This is the same as the skeleton, except that differences in length are minimized so as to only preserve the difference between string and numeric form. So for example, both "MMM-dd" and "d/MMM" produce the skeleton "MMMd" (notice the single d).

getBaseSkeletons

Set<String> getBaseSkeletons (Set<String> result)

Return a list of all the base skeletons (in canonical form) from this class

getBestPattern

String getBestPattern (String skeleton, 
                int options)

Return the best pattern matching the input skeleton. It is guaranteed to have all of the fields in the skeleton.

getBestPattern

String getBestPattern (String skeleton)

Return the best pattern matching the input skeleton. It is guaranteed to have all of the fields in the skeleton.

Example code:

final String[] skeletons = {
        "yQQQQ", // year + full name of quarter, i.e., 4th quarter 1999
        "yMMMM", // year + full name of month, i.e., October 1999
        "MMMMd", // full name of month + day of the month, i.e., October 25
        "hhmm",  // 12-hour-cycle format, i.e., 1:32 PM
        "jjmm"   // preferred hour format for the given locale, i.e., 24-hour-cycle format for fr_FR
        };
final ULocale[] locales = {
        new ULocale ("en_US"),
        new ULocale ("fr_FR"),
        new ULocale ("zh_CN"),
        };
DateTimePatternGenerator dtfg = null;
Date date= new GregorianCalendar(1999,9,13,23,58,59).getTime();
System.out.printf("%-20s%-35s%-35s%-35s\n\n", "Skeleton", "en_US", "fr_FR","zh_CN");
for (String skeleton:skeletons) {
     System.out.printf("%-20s", skeleton);
    for (ULocale locale:locales) {
        // create a DateTimePatternGenerator instance for given locale
        dtfg = DateTimePatternGenerator.getInstance(locale);
        // use getBestPattern method to get the best pattern for the given skeleton
        String pattern = dtfg.getBestPattern(skeleton);
        // Constructs a SimpleDateFormat with the best pattern generated above and the given locale
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, locale);
        // Get the format of the given date
        System.out.printf("%-35s",sdf.format(date));
    }
    System.out.println("\n");
}
/** output of the sample code:
 *************************************************************************************************************
   Skeleton            en_US                              fr_FR                              zh_CN

   yQQQQ               4th quarter 1999                   4e trimestre 1999                  1999年第四季度

   yMMMM               October 1999                       octobre 1999                       1999年10月 

   MMMMd               October 13                         13 octobre                         10月13日 

   hhmm                11:58 PM                           11:58 PM                           下午11:58

   jjmm                11:58 PM                           23:58                              下午11:58

**************************************************************************************************************/
// Use DateTime.getPatternInstance to produce the same Date/Time format with predefined constant field value
final String[] dtfskeleton = {
        DateFormat.YEAR_QUARTER, // year + full name of quarter, i.e., 4th quarter 1999
        DateFormat.YEAR_MONTH,   // year + full name of month, i.e., October 1999
        DateFormat.MONTH_DAY     // full name of month + day of the month, i.e., October 25
        };
System.out.printf("%-20s%-35s%-35s%-35s\n\n", "Skeleton", "en_US", "fr_FR","zh_CN");
for (String skeleton:dtfskeleton) {
    System.out.printf("%-20s", skeleton);
    for (ULocale locale:locales) {
        // Use DateFormat.getPatternInstance to get the date/time format for the locale,
        // and apply the format to the given date
        String df=DateFormat.getPatternInstance(skeleton,locale).format(date);
        System.out.printf("%-35s",df);
    }
    System.out.println("\n");
}

/** output of the sample code:
 ************************************************************************************************************
 Skeleton            en_US                              fr_FR                              zh_CN

 yQQQQ               4th quarter 1999                   4e trimestre 1999                  1999年第四季度

 yMMMM               October 1999                       octobre 1999                       1999年10月

 MMMMd               October 13                         13 octobre                         10月13日 
 ************************************************************************************************************/

getDateTimeFormat

String getDateTimeFormat ()

Getter corresponding to setDateTimeFormat.

getDecimal

String getDecimal ()

Getter corresponding to setDecimal.

getEmptyInstance

DateTimePatternGenerator getEmptyInstance ()

Create empty generator, to be constructed with addPattern(...) etc.

getInstance

DateTimePatternGenerator getInstance ()

Construct a flexible generator according to data for the default FORMAT locale.

getInstance

DateTimePatternGenerator getInstance (Locale locale)

Construct a flexible generator according to data for a given locale.

getInstance

DateTimePatternGenerator getInstance (ULocale uLocale)

Construct a flexible generator according to data for a given locale.

getSkeleton

String getSkeleton (String pattern)

Utility to return a unique skeleton from a given pattern. For example, both "MMM-dd" and "dd/MMM" produce the skeleton "MMMdd".

getSkeletons

Map<String, String> getSkeletons (Map<String, String> result)

Return a list of all the skeletons (in canonical form) from this class, and the patterns that they map to.

isFrozen

boolean isFrozen ()

Determines whether the object has been frozen or not.

replaceFieldTypes

String replaceFieldTypes (String pattern, 
                String skeleton)

Adjusts the field types (width and subtype) of a pattern to match what is in a skeleton. That is, if you supply a pattern like "d-M H:m", and a skeleton of "MMMMddhhmm", then the input pattern is adjusted to be "dd-MMMM hh:mm". This is used internally to get the best match for the input skeleton, but can also be used externally.

Example code:

Date date= new GregorianCalendar(1999,9,13,23,58,59).getTime();
TimeZone zone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("Europe/Paris");
ULocale locale = ULocale.FRANCE;
DateTimePatternGenerator gen = DateTimePatternGenerator.getInstance(locale);
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE d MMMM y HH:mm:ss zzzz",locale);
format.setTimeZone(zone);
String pattern = format.toPattern();
System.out.println("Pattern before replacement:");
System.out.println(pattern);
System.out.println("Date/Time format in fr_FR:");
System.out.println(format.format(date));
// Replace zone "zzzz" in the pattern with "vvvv"
String newPattern = gen.replaceFieldTypes(pattern, "vvvv");
// Apply the new pattern
format.applyPattern(newPattern);
System.out.println("Pattern after replacement:");
System.out.println(newPattern);
System.out.println("Date/Time format in fr_FR:");
System.out.println(format.format(date));

/** output of the sample code:
***************************************************************************************************
 Pattern before replacement:
 EEEE d MMMM y HH:mm:ss zzzz
 Date/Time format in fr_FR:
 jeudi 14 octobre 1999 05:58:59 heure avancée d’Europe centrale
 Pattern after replacement:
 EEEE d MMMM y HH:mm:ss vvvv
 Date/Time format in fr_FR:
 jeudi 14 octobre 1999 05:58:59 heure de l’Europe centrale

**************************************************************************************************/

replaceFieldTypes

String replaceFieldTypes (String pattern, 
                String skeleton, 
                int options)

Adjusts the field types (width and subtype) of a pattern to match what is in a skeleton. That is, if you supply a pattern like "d-M H:m", and a skeleton of "MMMMddhhmm", then the input pattern is adjusted to be "dd-MMMM hh:mm". This is used internally to get the best match for the input skeleton, but can also be used externally.

setAppendItemFormat

void setAppendItemFormat (int field, 
                String value)

An AppendItem format is a pattern used to append a field if there is no good match. For example, suppose that the input skeleton is "GyyyyMMMd", and there is no matching pattern internally, but there is a pattern matching "yyyyMMMd", say "d-MM-yyyy". Then that pattern is used, plus the G. The way these two are conjoined is by using the AppendItemFormat for G (era). So if that value is, say "{0}, {1}" then the final resulting pattern is "d-MM-yyyy, G".

There are actually three available variables: {0} is the pattern so far, {1} is the element we are adding, and {2} is the name of the element.

This reflects the way that the CLDR data is organized.

setAppendItemName

void setAppendItemName (int field, 
                String value)

Sets the names of fields, eg "era" in English for ERA. These are only used if the corresponding AppendItemFormat is used, and if it contains a {2} variable.

This reflects the way that the CLDR data is organized.

setDateTimeFormat

void setDateTimeFormat (String dateTimeFormat)

The date time format is a message format pattern used to compose date and time patterns. The default value is "{1} {0}", where {1} will be replaced by the date pattern and {0} will be replaced by the time pattern.

This is used when the input skeleton contains both date and time fields, but there is not a close match among the added patterns. For example, suppose that this object was created by adding "dd-MMM" and "hh:mm", and its datetimeFormat is the default "{1} {0}". Then if the input skeleton is "MMMdhmm", there is not an exact match, so the input skeleton is broken up into two components "MMMd" and "hmm". There are close matches for those two skeletons, so the result is put together with this pattern, resulting in "d-MMM h:mm".

setDecimal

void setDecimal (String decimal)

The decimal value is used in formatting fractions of seconds. If the skeleton contains fractional seconds, then this is used with the fractional seconds. For example, suppose that the input pattern is "hhmmssSSSS", and the best matching pattern internally is "H:mm:ss", and the decimal string is ",". Then the resulting pattern is modified to be "H:mm:ss,SSSS"