Package de.aristaflow.adept2.model.orgmodel

Class OrgModelTools

java.lang.Object
de.aristaflow.adept2.model.orgmodel.OrgModelTools
public final class OrgModelTools extends Object
This class contains static methods to provide some common functionality in the context of the Org Model and org policies / staff assignment rules.
Author:
Patrick Schmidt

  • Method Details

    • isValidAttributeName

      public static boolean isValidAttributeName(String attrName)
      Returns whether the given string is a valid attribute name for entity types. A valid attribute name can contain letters (a to z), number (0 to 9) and the underscore (_). However, numbers are not allowed as first character!
      Parameters:
      attrName - the string to be tested
      Returns:
      whether the given string is a valid attribute name

    • createDate

      public static Date createDate(long timeInMillis)
      Creates a date from the given time in milliseconds, i.e. hours, minutes, seconds and milliseconds will be set to 0; only year, month and day remain.
      Parameters:
      timeInMillis - time in milliseconds to create the date from
      Returns:
      a date from the given time in milliseconds

    • createTime

      public static Date createTime(long timeInMillis)
      Creates a time from the given time in milliseconds, i.e. the year will be set to 1970, month to 0, day to 1, milliseconds to 0; while hours, minutes and seconds remain.
      Parameters:
      timeInMillis - time in milliseconds to create the time from
      Returns:
      a time from the given time in milliseconds

    • createTimestamp

      public static Date createTimestamp(long timeInMillis)
      Creates a timestamp from the given time in milliseconds, i.e. milliseconds will be set to 0; all other values remain.
      Parameters:
      timeInMillis - time in milliseconds to create the timestamp from
      Returns:
      a timestamp from the given time in milliseconds

    • createDateFormat

      public static DateFormat createDateFormat()
      Returns a new DateFormat to handle dates (w/o time) in the format yyyy-MM-dd. The assumed time zone is UTC.
      Returns:
      a new DateFormat to handle dates (w/o time)

    • createTimeFormat

      public static DateFormat createTimeFormat()
      Returns a new DateFormat to handle times (w/o date) in the format HH:mm:ss. The assumed time zone is UTC.
      Returns:
      a new DateFormat to handle times (w/o date)

    • createTimestampFormat

      public static DateFormat createTimestampFormat()
      Returns a new DateFormat to handle date + time (= timestamp) in the format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss. The assumed time zone is UTC.
      Returns:
      a new DateFormat to handle date + time

    • createDisplayTimestampFormat

      public static DateFormat createDisplayTimestampFormat(TimeZone tz)
      Returns a new DateFormat to handle date + time (= timestamp) in the format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.
      Parameters:
      tz - the time zone to be used
      Returns:
      a new DateFormat to handle date + time

    • toPolicyToken

      public static String toPolicyToken(Object value)
      Formats the value object to a string that can be used in OrgPolicies. A string value e.g. will be surrounded by single quotes: s_simple_string will result in 's_simple_string'.
      Parameters:
      value - the value object to be formatted
      Returns:
      the value object formatted as a string that can be used in OrgPolicies

    • parameterUsedAsValue

      public static boolean parameterUsedAsValue(ParameterRefReplacer replacer)
      Returns if the current parameter reference in the specified replacer is used as placeholder for a value. Otherwise it's used as placeholder for an entity expression.
      Parameters:
      replacer - the used replacer
      Returns:
      true if the current parameter reference in the specified formatter is used as a value; false if it's used as an entity expression