Package org.pentaho.reporting.engine.classic.core.function.date

Class DateSpanExpression

java.lang.Object

org.pentaho.reporting.engine.classic.core.function.AbstractExpression

org.pentaho.reporting.engine.classic.core.function.date.DateSpanExpression

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Expression

public class DateSpanExpression
extends AbstractExpression

Deprecated.

This can be solved using a plain formula.

Computes the difference date between the start and the end date.

Author:

Thomas Morgner

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DateSpanExpression()	Deprecated. Default Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getEndDateField()	Deprecated. Returns the name of the field that contains the end-date.
String	getStartDateField()	Deprecated. Returns the name of the field that contains the start-date.
Object	getValue()	Deprecated. Computes the difference between the start and the end date.
void	setEndDateField(String endDateField)	Deprecated. Defines the name of the field that contains the end-date.
void	setStartDateField(String startDateField)	Deprecated. Defines the name of the field that contains the start-date.

Methods inherited from class org.pentaho.reporting.engine.classic.core.function.AbstractExpression

clone, getDataRow, getDependencyLevel, getInstance, getName, getReportConfiguration, getResourceBundleFactory, getRuntime, isActive, isDeepTraversing, isPreserve, setActive, setDependencyLevel, setName, setPreserve, setRuntime

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateSpanExpression

public DateSpanExpression()

Deprecated.

Default Constructor.

Method Detail

getStartDateField

public String getStartDateField()

Deprecated.

Returns the name of the field that contains the start-date.

Returns:

the start-date fieldname

setStartDateField

public void setStartDateField(String startDateField)

Deprecated.

Defines the name of the field that contains the start-date.

Parameters:

startDateField - the start-date fieldname

getEndDateField

public String getEndDateField()

Deprecated.

Returns the name of the field that contains the end-date.

Returns:

the end-date fieldname

setEndDateField

public void setEndDateField(String endDateField)

Deprecated.

Defines the name of the field that contains the end-date.

Parameters:

endDateField - the start-date fieldname

getValue

public Object getValue()

Deprecated.

Computes the difference between the start and the end date. The start-field and end-field must contain either Date objects or Number objects. If the fields contain number objects, the number will be interpreted as milliseconds since 01-Jan-1970.

Returns:

the difference between start and end or null, if the difference could not be computed.