ezvcard.types
Class BirthdayType

java.lang.Object
  ezvcard.types.VCardType
      ezvcard.types.DateOrTimeType
          ezvcard.types.BirthdayType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<VCardType>

public class BirthdayType
extends DateOrTimeType

Defines the person's birthday.

Setting the birthday

 VCard vcard = new VCard();
 
 //complete date
 Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
 c.set(Calendar.YEAR, 1986);
 c.set(Calendar.MONTH, Calendar.MARCH);
 c.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 21);
 BirthdayType bday = new BirthdayType();
 bday.setDate(c.getTime(), false);
 vcard.setBirthday(bday);
 
 //reduced accuracy date (vCard 4.0 only, see RFC 6350 p.12-14 for examples)
 bday = new BirthdayType();
 bday.setReducedAccuracyDate("--0321"); //March 21
 vcard.setBirthday(bday);
 
 //plain text value (vCard 4.0 only)
 bday = new BirthdayType();
 bday.setText("a long time ago");
 vcard.setBirthday(bday);
 

Getting the birthday

 VCard vcard = ...
 BirthdayType bday = vcard.getBirthday();
 if (bday != null){
   if (bday.getDate() != null){
     System.out.println(bday.getDate());
   } else if (bday.getReducedAccuracyDate() != null){
     System.out.println(bday.getReducedAccuracyDate());
   } else if (bday.getText() != null){
     System.out.println(bday.getText());
   }
 }
 

vCard property name: BDAY

vCard versions: 2.1, 3.0, 4.0

Author:

Michael Angstadt

Field Summary

static String

NAME

Fields inherited from class ezvcard.types.VCardType

group, subTypes, typeName

Constructor Summary

BirthdayType()

BirthdayType(Date date)

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class ezvcard.types.DateOrTimeType

doMarshalSubTypes, doMarshalText, doMarshalXml, doUnmarshalHtml, doUnmarshalText, doUnmarshalXml, getAltId, getCalscale, getDate, getReducedAccuracyDate, getText, setAltId, setCalsclae, setDate, setReducedAccuracyDate, setText

Methods inherited from class ezvcard.types.VCardType

compareTo, getGroup, getQName, getSubTypes, getSupportedVersions, getTypeName, marshalSubTypes, marshalText, marshalXml, setGroup, unmarshalHtml, unmarshalText, unmarshalXml

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NAME

public static final String NAME

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

BirthdayType

public BirthdayType()

BirthdayType

public BirthdayType(Date date)

Parameters:

date - the birthday