001    /*
002     * Copyright 2011 The Kuali Foundation.
003     * 
004     * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     * 
008     * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
009     * 
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    package org.kuali.kfs.module.purap.util;
017    
018    import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
019    import java.util.Locale;
020    
021    import org.kuali.kfs.module.purap.PurapConstants;
022    import org.kuali.kfs.sys.context.SpringContext;
023    import org.kuali.rice.kns.service.ParameterService;
024    
025    public class PurApDateFormatUtils {
026    
027        /**
028         * 
029         * This method retrieves a SimpleDataFormat by format Name.
030         * @param formatName
031         * @return
032         */
033        public static final SimpleDateFormat getSimpleDateFormat(String formatName) {
034            return new SimpleDateFormat(getFormattingString(formatName), Locale.US);
035        }
036        
037        public static final String getFormattingString(String formatName) {
038            return SpringContext.getBean(ParameterService.class).getParameterValue(PurapConstants.PURAP_NAMESPACE, "All", formatName);
039        }
040        
041    }