[news.eclipse.tools.emf] Re: EDate property. input format not Locale.ENG

[Ed Merks <Ed.Merks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Urs,

Comments below.

Urs Frei wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have an EDate member in my ecore model. In the property view I have to 
> input a date in the format like this:
>
> new SafeSimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'.'SSSZ"),
> new SafeSimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'.'SSS"),
> new SafeSimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"),
> new SafeSimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm"),
> new SafeSimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd")
>
> But I would like to have a German format. Is there a way to change the 
> configuration? The definition for the format is in the class
> org.eclipse.emf.ecore.impl.EFactoryImpl
>
> And the SaveSimpleDateFormat is configured to
> public SafeSimpleDateFormat(String pattern){
>     super(pattern, Locale.ENGLISH);
> }
>
> The only way I found is to replace the element in the member EDATE_FORMATS. 
> But I think it is not the perfect solution.
>   
That's a terrible solution because it will definitely break other 
clients of EMF. Best to create your own EDataType and then you can do 
whatever you want with it in terms of converting it between a string and 
a value. 
> Have you any other ideas?
>
> Thank you
>
> Urs 
>
>
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