Java Function for %%xxxx%% translation

David Paras

• April 19, 2012 15:37

Hi,

When using a Put-Context-Var activity in a process flow, it is possible to
use patterns to specify date and time values. For example, I can set the
variable value to "File_%%yyyyMMdd%%.txt". When the flow executes, the
context variable will be assigned the text "File_20120411.txt".

Is there a way to do this same thing from a plugin? I need a plugin to take
the string "File_%%yyyyMMdd%%.txt" and convert it to the string
"File_20120411.txt". (The actual string to convert will vary from execution
to execution-I'll be pulling it from a database table.)

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  David Paras

  • April 19, 2012 15:37

  To achieve your scenario we request you to use the following Java Custom Code.

  import java.text.*;
  import java.util.*;

  Date dateTime = new Date();
  SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
  String dateTimeString = sdf.format(dateTime);
  System.out.println(dateTimeString);

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