au.edu.archer.util
Class XDMSUtil

java.lang.Object
  au.edu.archer.util.XDMSUtil

public class XDMSUtil
extends java.lang.Object

General utility class for XDMS.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	DIR_SEPERATOR DIR_SEPERATOR.
static java.lang.String	ISO8601_FORMAT ISO8601_FORMAT.
static java.lang.String	LINE_SEPERTAOR LINE_SEPERTAOR.
static java.lang.String	SPACE SPACE.
static java.lang.String	YES YES.

Constructor Summary

XDMSUtil()

Method Summary

static java.util.Date	generateDate(java.lang.String dateStr) Generate Date object from string date.
static java.lang.String	generateDisplayDate(java.util.Date date) Generate date as display string.
static java.lang.String	generateSuffixByTimeStamp() Generate the suffix based on the timestamp.
static java.lang.String	getCurrentDateInISO8601Format() Get current date in ISO-8601 format.
static byte[]	getFileAsBytes(java.io.File file) Generate byte array representation of a file.
static byte[]	getFileAsBytes(java.lang.String fileLocation) Generate byte array representation of a file.
static java.util.List<java.lang.String>	getInterfaceFieldNames(java.lang.Class interfaceClass) Get the list of field names using reflection.
static java.lang.String	getInterfaceFieldValue(java.lang.Class interfaceClass, java.lang.String interfaceFieldName) Retrieve interface field value by name.
static java.util.List<java.lang.Object>	getInterfaceFieldValues(java.lang.Class interfaceClass) Get the list of field value using reflection.
static boolean	isListEmptyOrNull(java.util.List list) Check if the List is empty or null.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ISO8601_FORMAT

public static final java.lang.String ISO8601_FORMAT

ISO8601_FORMAT.

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Constant Field Values

LINE_SEPERTAOR

public static final java.lang.String LINE_SEPERTAOR

LINE_SEPERTAOR.

YES

public static final java.lang.String YES

YES.

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Constant Field Values

SPACE

public static final java.lang.String SPACE

SPACE.

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Constant Field Values

DIR_SEPERATOR

public static final java.lang.String DIR_SEPERATOR

DIR_SEPERATOR.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

XDMSUtil

public XDMSUtil()

Method Detail

generateDate

public static java.util.Date generateDate(java.lang.String dateStr)

Generate Date object from string date.

Parameters:

dateStr - string date.

Returns:

date object.

getCurrentDateInISO8601Format

public static java.lang.String getCurrentDateInISO8601Format()

Get current date in ISO-8601 format. The date format is YYYY-MM-DD.

Returns:

a String represents a date which format is YYYY-MM-DD.

generateDisplayDate

public static java.lang.String generateDisplayDate(java.util.Date date)

Generate date as display string.

Parameters:

date - Date object.

Returns:

date display string.

getInterfaceFieldNames

public static java.util.List<java.lang.String> getInterfaceFieldNames(java.lang.Class interfaceClass)

Get the list of field names using reflection.

Parameters:

interfaceClass - Interface whose fields are required

Returns:

List of field names.

getInterfaceFieldValues

public static java.util.List<java.lang.Object> getInterfaceFieldValues(java.lang.Class interfaceClass)

Get the list of field value using reflection.

Parameters:

interfaceClass - Interface whose fields are required

Returns:

List of field values.

getInterfaceFieldValue

public static java.lang.String getInterfaceFieldValue(java.lang.Class interfaceClass,
                                                      java.lang.String interfaceFieldName)

Retrieve interface field value by name.

Parameters:

interfaceClass - Interface from which the value is to be retrieved.

interfaceFieldName - Interface field name.

Returns:

Interface field value.

isListEmptyOrNull

public static boolean isListEmptyOrNull(java.util.List list)

Check if the List is empty or null.

Parameters:

list - List to be checked.

Returns:

true if the list is empty or null, otherwise false.

getFileAsBytes

public static byte[] getFileAsBytes(java.io.File file)
                             throws java.io.FileNotFoundException,
                                    java.io.IOException

Generate byte array representation of a file.

Parameters:

file - File object to be transformed.

Returns:

byte array representation of the file.

Throws:

java.io.FileNotFoundException - if the file can not be found.

java.io.IOException - if file processing goes wrong.

getFileAsBytes

public static byte[] getFileAsBytes(java.lang.String fileLocation)
                             throws java.io.FileNotFoundException,
                                    java.io.IOException

Generate byte array representation of a file.

Parameters:

fileLocation - Full path of the file to be transformed.

Returns:

byte array representation of the file.

Throws:

java.io.FileNotFoundException - if the file can not be found.

java.io.IOException - if file processing goes wrong.

generateSuffixByTimeStamp

public static java.lang.String generateSuffixByTimeStamp()

Generate the suffix based on the timestamp.

Returns:

a String represents the suffix.