com.extrememessaging.ResponseMaster.MessageFields

Class StringToDate

java.lang.Object

com.extrememessaging.ResponseMaster.MessageFields.StringToDate

All Implemented Interfaces:

IConfigurableItem, IMessageField

public class StringToDate
extends java.lang.Object
implements IMessageField

Converts a string in another field into a date, using internet mail date format

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StringToDate()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	GetValue() Get the value of the field
void	Initialize(java.lang.String Parameter) Initialize using the parameter from the config file.
void	PassMessages(CMessage parentMessage, jakarta.mail.Message oMsg) Called once for each message.
void	SetValue(java.lang.Object newValue) Called if the value for this field is set externally.
void	Shutdown() Cleanup any resources you allocated during construction or operation.
void	Verify() This function is called once, just after the first time Initialize is called.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringToDate

public StringToDate()

Method Detail

SetValue

public void SetValue(java.lang.Object newValue)

Description copied from interface: IMessageField

Called if the value for this field is set externally. It you are implementing your own message fields, this call shouldn't need to do anything

Specified by:

SetValue in interface IMessageField

Parameters:

newValue - The new value for this field.

GetValue

public java.lang.Object GetValue()

Description copied from interface: IMessageField

Get the value of the field

Specified by:

GetValue in interface IMessageField

Returns:

The value of the field. It should have the type set in the DataTypeClassName field of the MessageFields.xml file. It is ok to return null.

PassMessages

public void PassMessages(CMessage parentMessage,
                         jakarta.mail.Message oMsg)

Description copied from interface: IMessageField

Called once for each message. Called after Initialize, before GetValue and SetValue Passes the information you may need to get your value

Specified by:

PassMessages in interface IMessageField

Parameters:

parentMessage - Do NOT use the parentMessage in this call. You can store a reference to it to use later in GetValue, but do not access the values of any other fields during this function.

oMsg - The raw Java Mail message that the parentMessage is based upon You can freely read from this object, but do not modify it. If it throws a messaging exception that you cannot handle, you should re-throw it to let ResponseMaster re-cycle the connection to the mail server.

Initialize

public void Initialize(java.lang.String Parameter)
                throws ResponseMasterException

Description copied from interface: IConfigurableItem

Initialize using the parameter from the config file.

Specified by:

Initialize in interface IConfigurableItem

Parameters:

Parameter - The parameter from the config file, Frequently, the parameter will be a file name.

Throws:

ResponseMasterException - for invalid parameters (and potentially other issues).

Shutdown

public void Shutdown()

Description copied from interface: IConfigurableItem

Cleanup any resources you allocated during construction or operation. After this is called, nothing else will be called, unless Initialize is called again. Note: Shutdown may be called more than once on the same object New in build 595.

Specified by:

Shutdown in interface IConfigurableItem

Verify

public void Verify()
            throws InvalidMessageFieldName

Description copied from interface: IMessageField

This function is called once, just after the first time Initialize is called. It is used to determine if any dependencies are missing or the parameter is invalid. It throws an exception if something is wrong.

Specified by:

Verify in interface IMessageField

Throws:

InvalidMessageFieldName - if it depends on a field that isn't available.

See Also:

InvalidMessageFieldName, IllegalArgumentException