org.makumba.commons
Class ReadableFormatter

java.lang.Object
  org.makumba.commons.ReadableFormatter

public class ReadableFormatter
extends Object

Formats argument in a readable (meaningful) way

Version:

$Id: ReadableFormatter.java 2639 2008-06-24 22:07:04Z rosso_nero $

Author:

Stefan Baebler

Constructor Summary

ReadableFormatter()

Method Summary

static String	readableAge(long milis) Formats lentgh of time periods in a nice format
static String	readableBytes(long byteSize) Formats byte size in nice format
static String	readableBytes(String byteSize) Formats byte size in nice format - a wrapper method
static String	readableDate(Date date) prints date in nice format - only relevant parts Skips year if current, shows time if today...

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ReadableFormatter

public ReadableFormatter()

Method Detail

readableBytes

public static String readableBytes(String byteSize)

Formats byte size in nice format - a wrapper method

Parameters:

byteSize - String representing the byte size

Returns:

Formatted number of bytes (eg: empty, 15 B, 12kB, 821 kB, 3 MB...)
"N/A" if byteSize is not a number
"" if byteSize is null

See Also:

readableBytes(long)

readableBytes

public static String readableBytes(long byteSize)

Formats byte size in nice format

Parameters:

byteSize - the size in bytes to format

Returns:

Formatted number of bytes (eg: empty, 15 B, 12kB, 821 kB, 3 MB...)

See Also:

readableBytes(String)

readableAge

public static String readableAge(long milis)

Formats lentgh of time periods in a nice format

Parameters:

milis - a time difference in milli-seconds to format

Returns:

formatted time (eg: "1 second", "3 hours", "2 weeks" "41 years"...)

readableDate

public static String readableDate(Date date)

prints date in nice format - only relevant parts Skips year if current, shows time if today...