/**
* this method find the start and the end of the search dates pass it to dateparser and process
*
* @return
*/
protected Date[] extractSearchDates() {
String[] startEnd = new String[2];
for (Field f : fields) {
if (f.getName().equals(FIELD_IDENTIFIERS[START_INDEX])) {
startEnd[0] = f.getContent();
} else if (f.getName().equals(FIELD_IDENTIFIERS[END_INDEX])) {
startEnd[1] = f.getContent();
}
}
return DateParser.parseSearchDate(startEnd);
}
/**
* This method will first indicate which is the start date and the end date. It will then parse
* the date to DateParser to get an date object
*
* @return
*/
protected Date[] extractDates() {
Date[] startEnd = new Date[2];
for (Field f : fields) {
if (f.getName().equals(FIELD_IDENTIFIERS[START_INDEX])) {
startEnd[0] = DateParser.parseDate(f.getContent());
} else if (f.getName().equals(FIELD_IDENTIFIERS[END_INDEX])) {
startEnd[1] = DateParser.parseDate(f.getContent());
}
}
if (startEnd[0] != null && startEnd[1] != null) {
Arrays.sort(startEnd);
}
return startEnd;
}
/**
* This method first check the which field is stored in the Field array by comparing with the
* FieldIdentifiers, the content will be stored in string fields
*
* @return
*/
protected String[] extractStrings() {
String[] strFields = new String[MemoriCommand.NUM_STRING_FIELDS];
for (Field f : fields) {
if (f.getName().equals(FIELD_IDENTIFIERS[NAME_INDEX])) {
strFields[MemoriCommand.NAME_INDEX] = f.getContent();
} else if (f.getName().equals(FIELD_IDENTIFIERS[LOCATION_INDEX])) {
strFields[MemoriCommand.LOCATION_INDEX] = f.getContent();
} else if (f.getName().equals(FIELD_IDENTIFIERS[DESCRIPTION_INDEX])) {
strFields[MemoriCommand.DESCRIPTION_INDEX] = f.getContent();
}
}
return strFields;
}