com.gigaspaces.query.sql.functions.ToCharUtil

public class ToCharUtil extends Object

Emulates Oracle's TO_CHAR function.

Method Details

public static String toChar(BigDecimal number, String format, String nlsParam)

Emulates Oracle's TO_CHAR(number) function.

	Input	Output	Closest `DecimalFormat` Equivalent
,	Grouping separator.	,
.	Decimal separator.	.
$	Leading dollar sign.	$
0	Leading or trailing zeroes.	0
9	Digit.	#
B	Blanks integer part of a fixed point number less than 1.	#
C	ISO currency symbol.	¤
D	Local decimal separator.	.
EEEE	Returns a value in scientific notation.	E
FM	Returns values with no leading or trailing spaces.	None.
G	Local grouping separator.	,
L	Local currency symbol.	¤
MI	Negative values get trailing minus sign, positive get trailing space.	-
PR	Negative values get enclosing angle brackets, positive get spaces.	None.
RN	Returns values in Roman numerals.	None.
S	Returns values with leading/trailing +/- signs.	None.
TM	Returns smallest number of characters possible.	None.
U	Returns the dual currency symbol.	None.
V	Returns a value multiplied by 10^n.	None.
X	Hex value.	None.

See also TO_CHAR(number) and number format models in the Oracle documentation.

Parameters:: number - the number to format; format - the format pattern to use (if any); nlsParam - the NLS parameter (if any)
Returns:: the formatted number

public static String toChar(Timestamp ts, String format, String nlsParam)

Emulates Oracle's TO_CHAR(datetime) function.

	Input	Output	Closest `SimpleDateFormat` Equivalent
- / , . ; : "text"	Reproduced verbatim.	'text'
A.D. AD B.C. BC	Era designator, with or without periods.	G
A.M. AM P.M. PM	AM/PM marker.	a
CC SCC	Century.	None.
D	Day of week.	u
DAY	Name of day.	EEEE
DY	Abbreviated day name.	EEE
DD	Day of month.	d
DDD	Day of year.	D
DL	Long date format.	EEEE, MMMM d, yyyy
DS	Short date format.	MM/dd/yyyy
E	Abbreviated era name (Japanese, Chinese, Thai)	None.
EE	Full era name (Japanese, Chinese, Thai)	None.
FF[1-9]	Fractional seconds.	S
FM	Returns values with no leading or trailing spaces.	None.
FX	Requires exact matches between character data and format model.	None.
HH HH12	Hour in AM/PM (1-12).	hh
HH24	Hour in day (0-23).	HH
IW	Week in year.	w
WW	Week in year.	w
W	Week in month.	W
IYYY IYY IY I	Last 4/3/2/1 digit(s) of ISO year.	yyyy yyy yy y
RRRR RR	Last 4/2 digits of year.	yyyy yy
Y,YYY	Year with comma.	None.
YEAR SYEAR	Year spelled out (S prefixes BC years with minus sign).	None.
YYYY SYYYY	4-digit year (S prefixes BC years with minus sign).	yyyy
YYY YY Y	Last 3/2/1 digit(s) of year.	yyy yy y
J	Julian day (number of days since January 1, 4712 BC).	None.
MI	Minute in hour.	mm
MM	Month in year.	MM
MON	Abbreviated name of month.	MMM
MONTH	Name of month, padded with spaces.	MMMM
RM	Roman numeral month.	None.
Q	Quarter of year.	None.
SS	Seconds in minute.	ss
SSSSS	Seconds in day.	None.
TS	Short time format.	h:mm:ss aa
TZD	Daylight savings time zone abbreviation.	z
TZR	Time zone region information.	zzzz
X	Local radix character.	None.

See also TO_CHAR(datetime) and datetime format models in the Oracle documentation.

Parameters:: ts - the timestamp to format; format - the format pattern to use (if any); nlsParam - the NLS parameter (if any)
Returns:: the formatted timestamp

Class ToCharUtil