From a list of business objects, return those that contain the earliest date.
Syntax
public static BusObj[] getMinDateBO(BusObj[] boList, String attr, String dateFormat) public static BusObj[] getMinDateBO(BusObjArray boList, String attr, String dateFormat)
Parameters
Return values
An array of business objects that have the date.
Exceptions
DtpIncompatibleBOTypeException - When the business objects in the list are not the same business object type.
DtpUnknownAttributeException - When the specified attribute is not a valid attribute in the business objects passed in.
DtpUnsupportedAttributeTypeException - When the type of the specified attribute is not one of the supported attribute types listed above.
DtpDateException - When the date format is invalid.
All of these exceptions are subclass of RunTimeEntityException.
Notes
The getMinDateBO() method scans through the list of business objects looking for the business object with the earliest date and returns that date in the form of a DtpDate object.
In the evaluation of the earliest date, Jan 1, 2004 000000 is later than Jan 1, 2002 000000 which is later than Jan 1, 1999 000000.
The date information is assumed to be stored in the attribute name passed into the method. If an object has null date information, it is ignored. If all of the objects have null date information, null is returned.
Examples
try { BusObj[] min = DtpDate.getMinDateBO(bos, "Start Date", "D/M/Y h:m:s"); } catch ( RunTimeEntityException err ) { System.out.println(err.getMessage()); }
See also