java wcf nodelist types

[royroy7]

hi

im using this code to get my object from wcf :

NodeList nodes =Tools.GetNodeList(MessageFormat.format(loginUrl,appLogin.GetKey(),appLogin.GetClientID(),profID),"/ArrayOfEvent/Event"); 
    //(NodeList)xPath.evaluate("/ArrayOfEvent/Event",response,XPathConstants.NODESET);               
    int nodeCount = nodes.getLength(); 
 
 
    //iterate over search Result nodes 
    XPathFactory factory = XPathFactory.newInstance();         
    XPath xPath=factory.newXPath(); 
 
    for (int i = 0; i < nodeCount; i++) {         
        String venue = xPath.evaluate("Venue", nodes.item(i)); 
        Date startDate = Date.valueOf(xPath.evaluate("StartDate", nodes.item(i))); 
        Date endDate = Date.valueOf(xPath.evaluate("EndDate", nodes.item(i))); 
 
        Event ev = new Event(venue,startDate,endDate); 
        list.add(ev); 
 
    } 
    } 
    catch (Exception e) { 
        e.printStackTrace(); 
    }

1.i hope im doing it in the right way, if not please let me know
2.i get exception when im getting to the Date parsing startDate and enddate

how can i get the date? thats example of the xml i get from wcf-rest:

>
<ArrayOfEvent>
<Event>
<CompanyName></CompanyName>
<Description></Description>
<EndDate>2012-05-08T00:00:00</EndDate>
<Id>3954</Id>
<Logo>3954.png</Logo>
<Name>aaa2012</Name>
<ShortEventName>Miltech</ShortEventName>
<StartDate>2012-05-08T00:00:00</StartDate>
<Subtitle i:nil="true"/>
<Venue></Venue>
</Event>
</ArrayOfEvent>

[Sierra]

IF you tell us _what_ exception (stack trace please!) you get one might help...

[royroy7]

IF you tell us _what_ exception (stack trace please!) you get one might help...

unable to parse '08T00:00:00' as integer

thats how the wcf send me the date, the problame is that i dont know hoe to convert this date node to java date

[royroy7]

ok now after i change it to :
Date startDate = (Date) new SimpleDateFormat().parse(xPath.evaluate("StartDate ", nodes.item(i)));

i got this error:
java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "2012-05-14T00:00:00"

[Fubarable]

Read the SimpleDateFormat API. You're simply using it wrong.

[royroy7]

thanks.
this code is working :
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
Date startDate = formatter.parse(xPath.evaluate("StartDate", nodes.item(i)).replace("T"," "));
Date endDate = formatter.parse(xPath.evaluate("EndDate", nodes.item(i)).replace("T"," "));

is it correct writing?

[Sierra]

You do not even have to replace the "T" - just include it in the formatter's format string.
Here is more of the API : SimpleDateFormat (Java 2 Platform SE v1.4.2)

[royroy7]

i did not find any format with T ,when i tried to add it to the format i got exception.

[DarrylBurke]

Here is more of the API : SimpleDateFormat (Java 2 Platform SE v1.4.2)

Please don't post links to old versions that have long been EOL. Bookmark these:
Java Platform SE 6
Java Platform SE 7

db

[DarrylBurke]

i did not find any format with T ,when i tried to add it to the format i got exception.

To get better help sooner, post a SSCCE (Short, Self Contained, Compilable and Executable) example that demonstrates the problem.

db

[Sierra]

Please don't post links to old versions that have long been EOL.

I googled it and I did not care about the version to be honest. You are probably right - when I know which version he uses I do and it hasn't changed that much in usage anyway.
So here you go: SimpleDateFormat (Java Platform SE 7 )

EDIT: I use it with the "T" (included correctly) every day and it works for me, but maybe your timestamp or java version is another one.

[DarrylBurke]

Sierra

The problem isn't about the specific class for which you posted an API link. Others who come across this thread may follow that link and then be unable to find another class or method that was introduced in a later version, leading to some confusion.

Google searches always push old API to the top, simply because the page hit count and search click-through count are obviously vastly higher than for the newer versions. I guess HTML could do with some sort of @Deprecated META tag :)

db