apputil
Class util

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--apputil.util

public class util
extends java.lang.Object

This class provides commonly used utility methods throughout the application.


Constructor Summary
util()
           
 
Method Summary
static long DateStringToLong(java.lang.String d)
          converts a date string to a long value.
static int getPosInArray(java.lang.String[] theArray, java.lang.String theString)
          Finds the position of a String within a String array.
static java.lang.String LongToDateString(long d)
          converts a long value into a date expression in the form dd-MMM-yyyy.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

util

public util()
Method Detail

DateStringToLong

public static long DateStringToLong(java.lang.String d)
                             throws java.text.ParseException
converts a date string to a long value. The long value is defined by the java.util.Date class, as returned by the getTime method.

LongToDateString

public static java.lang.String LongToDateString(long d)
converts a long value into a date expression in the form dd-MMM-yyyy.

getPosInArray

public static int getPosInArray(java.lang.String[] theArray,
                                java.lang.String theString)
                         throws java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
Finds the position of a String within a String array.
Parameters:
theArray - the string array to search
theString - the string to find in the array
Throws:
ArrayIndexOutOfBounds - thrown if the string cannot be found in the array