phpPeanuts - PntStringConverter

<?php
// Copyright (c) MetaClass, 2003-2007
// Licensed under the Academic Free License version 3.0

includeClass('PntObject', 'pnt');
// ValueValidator included by PntSite

/** Object of this class convert strings to values and back according to their format settings.
* All user interface String conversions are and should be delegated to StringConverters
* to make override possible. 
* 
* This abstract superclass provides behavior for the concrete
* subclass StringConverter in the root classFolder or in the application classFolder. 
* To keep de application developers code (including localization overrides) 
* separated from the framework code override methods in the 
* concrete subclass rather then modify them here.
* @see http://www.phppeanuts.org/site/index_php/Menu/178
* @package pnt/web
*/
class PntStringConverter extends PntObject {

	var $labelItemSeparator = ', '; //separates multiple values in arrays
	var $true='true';
	var $false='false';
	var $dateFormat="Y-m-d"; //as to be shown in user interface. 
	// ! Currently not used for parsing date strings from the user interface,
	// promat from locale is used. dateFormat must correspond to locale!
	var $timestampFormat="Y-m-d H:i:s"; //as shown in user interface. Default is same as properties value
	var $timeFormat="H:i:s"; //as shown in user interface. Default is same as properties value
	var $decimal='.'; // decimal separator
	var $thousends=','; //thousends separator
	var $charset = 'ISO-8859-1';  
	var $usKbSupport4Uropean = false; //numeric keypad has only a dot key...
	
	var $errorInvalidNumber='invalid number, expected is like: ';
	var $errorInvalidDate='invalid date, expected is like: ';
	var $errorInvalidTimestamp='invalid timestamp, expected is like: ';
	var $errorInvalidTime='invalid time, expected is like: ';
	var $errorInvalidBoolean='invalid boolean, expected: ';
	var $errorInvalidType='invalid type: ';

	var $type;
	var $decimalPrecision = 2;
	
	var $error; //if not null an error occurred