The date and time inputs provide a simple way for end - users to pick values from a fixed set.
Date
To create an input for selecting a time, use the date input:.
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❶ the processor can be one of the quoteProcessor, cProcessor, etc., which references subclasses of the CalculableLineItemCollectionBuilder |
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final datePattern = 'yyyy-MM-dd' def date = api.parseDate(datePattern, input.date) |
Time
To create an input for selecting a time, use the time input:.
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❶ the processor can be one of the quoteProcessor, cProcessor, etc., which references subclasses of the CalculableLineItemCollectionBuilder |
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def matcher = input.time =~ /(?<hour>[0-9]{2}):(?<minute>[0-9]{2})/
matcher.matches() // ❶
def hour = matcher.group('hour') as Integer
def minute = matcher.group('minute') as Integer |
❶ You need to test if the pattern matches before you can extract groups by name.
Date Time
To create an input for selecting a combination of date and time, use the date-time input:
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final dateTimePattern = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'" def dateTime = api.parseDateTime(dateTimePattern, input.dateTime) |
Date Range
To create an input for selecting a pair of dates — a date range — use dates – a date range – use the date range input:
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final datePattern = 'yyyy-MM-dd' def dateFrom = api.parseDate(datePattern, input.dateRange[0]) def dateTo = api.parseDate(datePattern, input.dateRange[1]) |
Minimum and Maximum Values
You can restrict the input from the user , by setting minimum and maximum dates.
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String dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd"
Date minDate = api.parseDate(dateFormat, "2021-01-15")
Date maxDate = api.parseDate(dateFormat, "2021-01-25")
api.inputBuilderFactory()
.createDateUserEntry('Date')
.setMin(minDate)
.setMax(maxDate)
.getInput() |