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Criteria Builder for date range check

I am trying to check if 'toDate' lies within the range , for that i tried 2 approaches but both haven't worked for me
approach 1:
if (MyEntity.getFromDate() != null
&& MyEntity.getToDate() != null)) {
predicate.getExpressions()
.add(criteriaBuilder.between((root.<Date>get("toDate")), MyEntity.getFromDate(),MyEntity.getToDate()));
approach 2
if(MyEntity.getFromDate() != null
&& MyEntity.getToDate() != null) {
DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(Constants.DBDATEFORMAT);
String fromDateInString = dateFormat.format(MyEntity.getFromDate());
String toDateInString = dateFormat.format(MyEntity.getToDate());
String[] fromDateSplitation = fromDateInString.split(" ");
String[] toDateSplitation = toDateInString.split(" ");
StringBuilder startLimit = new StringBuilder();
StringBuilder endLimit = new StringBuilder();
startLimit.append(fromDateSplitation[0]).append(" ").append("00:00:00");
endLimit.append(toDateSplitation[0]).append(" ").append("23:59:59");
Date fromDate;
try {
fromDate = dateFormat.parse(startLimit.toString());
Date toDate = dateFormat.parse(endLimit.toString());
MyEntity.setFromDate(fromDate);
MyEntity.setToDate(toDate);
predicate.getExpressions().add(criteriaBuilder.between(root.get("toDate"),
MyEntity.getFromDate(), MyEntity.getToDate()));
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Can anyone tell me how to properly use Between and Equal for date with criteria builder ?

I've always used your first approach, but not specifying the generic on the Path. Could you maybe try:
.add(criteriaBuilder.between(root.get("toDate"),
MyEntity.getFromDate(),MyEntity.getToDate()));
and most importantly, are you certain that the toDate field of your Entity is Annotated with #Temporal(TemporalType.TIMESTAMP)

unable to redirect response in rest controller

I made two RestController apis. On response of second api I wanted first api's response (which is a json response), so I tried to use HttpServletResponse.redirect. I also set required content type to it. But on second api response I got Unsupported Media Type Content type 'null' not supported.
first API
#GetMapping(value="checkStatus/{msisdn}",consumes=MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
public ResponseEntity<CoreResponseHandler> fetchOcsByDate2(#PathVariable(value="msisdn",required=true)String msisdn){
long l_time_start = System.currentTimeMillis();
List<Object[]> list = repository.getSingleCallDetail(msisdn);
if(list==null || list.size()==0) {
System.out.println("NO RECORD FOUND");
}
JSONObject objMain = new JSONObject();
for(Object[] objArr: list) {
JSONObject obj = new JSONObject();
String msisdn_ = objArr[0]==null?null:objArr[0].toString();
String songId = objArr[1]==null?null:objArr[1].toString();
String songName = objArr[2]==null?null:objArr[2].toString();
String status = objArr[3]==null?null:objArr[3].toString();
String lang = objArr[4]==null?null:objArr[4].toString();
String startDate = objArr[5]==null?null:objArr[5].toString();
objMain.put("status", status);
objMain.put("language", lang);
obj.put("id", songId);
obj.put("msisdn", msisdn);
obj.put("songName", songName);
objMain.put("subscription", obj);
}
long l_time_end = System.currentTimeMillis();
long l_diff = l_time_end-l_time_start;
if(list!=null && list.size()>0) {
return new ResponseEntity<CoreResponseHandler>(new SuccessResponseBeanRefined(HttpStatus.OK, ResponseStatusEnum.SUCCESSFUL, ApplicationResponse.SUCCESSFUL, objMain,l_diff+" ms"),HttpStatus.OK);
}
if(list==null || list.size()==0) {
return new ResponseEntity<CoreResponseHandler>(new SuccessResponseBeanRefined(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND, ResponseStatusEnum.FAILED, ApplicationResponse.Failed, "not found",l_diff+" ms"),HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND);
}
return new ResponseEntity<CoreResponseHandler>(new SuccessResponseBeanRefined(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST, ResponseStatusEnum.FAILED, ApplicationResponse.Failed," > Bad request",l_diff+" ms"),HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST);
}
no problem in output. ran smooth
second API
#GetMapping(value="verifyOtp/{msisdn}/{otp}",consumes=MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
public void verifyOtp(#PathVariable(value="msisdn",required=true)String msisdn,
#PathVariable(value="otp",required=true)String otp,HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception{
long l_time_start = System.currentTimeMillis();
long l_time_end = System.currentTimeMillis();
long l_diff = l_time_end-l_time_start;
List<Object[]> list = repository.verifyOtp(msisdn,otp);
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
if(list!=null && list.size()>0) {
for(Object[] obj:list) {
String strDate = obj[3]==null?null:obj[3].toString();
Date dtDb = sdf.parse(strDate);
Date dtNow = new Date();
String strDtNow = sdf.format(dtNow);
dtNow = sdf.parse(strDtNow);
long ldtDb = dtDb.getTime();
long ldtNow = dtNow.getTime();
if(ldtDb>ldtNow) {
System.out.println("success within time");
int ii = repository.updateIsActive(msisdn);
response.setContentType("application/json");
response.sendRedirect("http://localhost:9393/crbt/api/subscriber/ivr/checkStatus/"+msisdn);
}
else {
System.out.println("failure time over!");
}
}
}
else {
}
}
second Api Response in postman
What I expected was first API's response. But its giving me some 415 content type error
How can I get first API's success json response from second api's response.. I even tried org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders but couldn't get desired output. What changes I had to do in order to get first Api's response in my second api response.

I have a strange feeling answering your questions, because I dislike the solution I'll provided. But it might help, so I'll give a try.
Basically, your Controller are just Spring beans, which means you can do is having a dependency, and second controller will call first controller. This will also change your method verifyOtp to make it change the return type.
Something like that:
...
#Autowired
private FirstController firstController;
...
#GetMapping(value="verifyOtp/{msisdn}/{otp}",consumes=MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
public ResponseEntity<CoreResponseHandler> verifyOtp(#PathVariable(value="msisdn",required=true)String msisdn,
#PathVariable(value="otp",required=true)String otp,HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception{
long l_time_start = System.currentTimeMillis();
long l_time_end = System.currentTimeMillis();
long l_diff = l_time_end-l_time_start;
List<Object[]> list = repository.verifyOtp(msisdn,otp);
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
if(list!=null && list.size()>0) {
for(Object[] obj:list) {
String strDate = obj[3]==null?null:obj[3].toString();
Date dtDb = sdf.parse(strDate);
Date dtNow = new Date();
String strDtNow = sdf.format(dtNow);
dtNow = sdf.parse(strDtNow);
long ldtDb = dtDb.getTime();
long ldtNow = dtNow.getTime();
if(ldtDb>ldtNow) {
System.out.println("success within time");
int ii = repository.updateIsActive(msisdn);
return firstController.fetchOcsByDate2(msidn);
}
else {
System.out.println("failure time over!");
return null;
}
}
}
else {
return null;
}
}
I think you are trying to achieve something uncommon, and to avoid having this dependency between controller, consider:
Change your use case. Make the second controller returning a HttpStatus.OK, and make the client do the next call to the first controller
Create a service in charge of loading the msidn, which will avoid duplicate code, and keep you in a more standard position to make our evolutions.

The issue occurred due to GetMapping .
#GetMapping(value="checkStatus/{msisdn}",consumes=MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
replace with below in first Api:
#GetMapping(value="checkStatus/{msisdn}")

How to parse two different objects from the same json file?

How to parse two different objects from the same json file knowing that parsing one of them block parsing the other, which means that i have to parse only one of them, this is my code:
try {
time = json1.getJSONObject(TAG_TIME);
String Time2 = time.toString();
deals = json1.getJSONObject(TAG_DEALS);
final String plusinfo = deals.getString(TAG_PLUS_INFO);
String title = deals.getString(TAG_TITLE);
Integer retail = deals.getInt(TAG_RETAIL);
String nretail = Integer.toString(retail);
Integer deal = deals.getInt(TAG_DEAL);
String ndeal = Integer.toString(deal);
String duration = deals.getString(TAG_DURATION);
String image = deals.getString(TAG_IMAGE_URL);
String participant = deals.getString(TAG_PARTICIPANT);
final String details = deals.getString(TAG_DETAILS);
final String name = deals.getString(TAG_ADVERTISER_NAME);
final String adress = deals.getString(TAG_ADVERTISER_ADDRESS);
final String phone = deals.getString(TAG_ADVERTISSER_PHONE);
/*String Time1 = deals.getString(TAG_DATE);
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
Date date1 = new GregorianCalendar(0,0,0).getTime();
Date date2 = new GregorianCalendar(0,0,0).getTime();
try {
date1 = sdf.parse(Time1);
date2 = sdf.parse(Time2);
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
final String precision = deals.getString(TAG_PRECISION);
JSONArray c = deals.getJSONArray(TAG_PRECISION);
ArrayList<String> arrays = new ArrayList<String>();
for(int i = 0; i < c.length(); i++){
precision = c.getString(i);
arrays.add(precision);
}
HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
map.put(TAG_TITLE, title);
map.put(TAG_RETAIL, nretail);
map.put(TAG_DEAL, ndeal);
map.put(TAG_DURATION, duration);
map.put(TAG_IMAGE_URL, image);
map.put(TAG_PARTICIPANT, participant);
map.put(TAG_SERVER_TIME, Time2);
otherdeals.add(map);

What do you mean it gets blocked? I dont see what the issue is with what you have posted. If you wish to parse two different JSON responses, either kick off two background threads (AsyncTask) or just parse them one after the other

Java String Parsing and Evaluating

All,
I am in the process or rewriting some code that I wrote a while back. The objective of the code was to calcualte a date and time based on a string in the following formats:
DayStart+2Hour+1Day-2Minutes
NOW+20Day
MonthStart+1Month
Which would take the start of the day (in local time), e.g. 2011-09-15 00:00:00 BST (2011-09-15 23:00 GMT) then add 2 hours, add 1 day, and subtract 2 minutes.
The implementation is in Java and the original algorithm was pretty basic. It iterated through each character in the string and appended to a buffer. The buffer was then checked to see if it ended with the strings I was looking (date specifier e.g MINUTE, HOUR, DAYSTART, etc.) for then extracted the number and added to an ArrayList where DateOffset was a simple class with a int and String which was date specifier. Here is some sample code:
// hard coded for sample
String s = "DayStart+2Hour+1Day-2Minutes";
StringBuilder sbBuffer = new StringBuilder();
String buffer;
// iterate through date string
for (char c : s.toCharArray()) {
sbBuffer.append(c);
buffer = sbBuffer.toString();
// check to see the end of the buffer string is what we expect
if (buffer.endsWith("DAYSTART")) {
offsets.add(new DateOffset(0, "DAYSTART"));
sbBuffer = new StringBuilder();
} else if (buffer.endsWith("DAY") && buffer.length() > 3) {
String numberStringPart = buffer.substring(0, buffer.length() - 3);
numberStringPart = numberStringPart.replaceAll("[+]", "").trim(); // need as parseInt does not like the +.
offsets.add(new DateOffset(Integer.parseInt(numberStringPart), "DAY"));
sbBuffer = new StringBuilder();
} ... and so on ...
else {
}
}
After the string was parsed I iterated through ArrayList to calculate my datetime.
The problem with the above is probably not efficient although we have experienced no problems. It also does not pick up any errors so you could enter DayStart+2GKGKER.
I'm just trying to come up with some fresh and neat ideas on what to use to rewrite it. I have done a little regex but not too sure if this would be the best route.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Andez

Define a grammar for your expressions. Take a look at the ANTLR framework to help you construct a grammar and process your expressions.

Woohoo, that was fun! Thank you! :-)
public class DateExpressions {
private Map<String, Date> dateVariables;
private Map<String, Integer> temporalUnits;
private Map<Character, Integer> temporalOperations;
public static DateExpressions createInstance() {
DateExpressions de = new DateExpressions();
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
de.setVariable("NOW", c.getTime());
c.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0);
c.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
c.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
c.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
de.setVariable("DayStart", c.getTime());
c.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
de.setVariable("MonthStart", c.getTime());
return de;
}
public DateExpressions() {
this.dateVariables = new HashMap<String, Date>();
this.temporalUnits = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
this.temporalUnits.put("Second", Calendar.SECOND);
this.temporalUnits.put("Minute", Calendar.MINUTE);
this.temporalUnits.put("Hour", Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
this.temporalUnits.put("Day", Calendar.DATE);
this.temporalUnits.put("Month", Calendar.MONTH);
this.temporalUnits.put("Year", Calendar.YEAR);
this.temporalOperations = new HashMap<Character, Integer>();
this.temporalOperations.put('+', 1);
this.temporalOperations.put('-', -1);
}
public void setVariable(String key, Date value) {
this.dateVariables.put(key, value);
}
public Date parseExpression(String expr) throws IOException {
StringReader sr = new StringReader(expr);
String s;
int n;
char c;
int offset;
int unit;
int op = 1;
Calendar base = null;
StringBuilder sb1 = new StringBuilder();
StringBuilder sb2 = new StringBuilder();
while ((n = sr.read()) != -1) {
c = (char) n;
if (base == null && temporalOperations.containsKey(c)) {
s = sb2.toString();
if (!dateVariables.containsKey(s)) {
throw new IOException("Unknown variable '" + s + "' used");
}
base = Calendar.getInstance();
base.setTime(dateVariables.get(sb2.toString()));
op = temporalOperations.get(c);
sb1.setLength(0);
sb2.setLength(0);
} else if (temporalOperations.containsKey(c)) {
if (!temporalUnits.containsKey(sb2.toString())) {
throw new IOException(
"Parse error: unknown temporal unit used '"
+ sb2.toString() + "'");
}
offset = Integer.parseInt(sb1.toString());
unit = temporalUnits.get(sb2.toString());
base.add(unit, op * offset);
op = temporalOperations.get(c);
sb1.setLength(0);
sb2.setLength(0);
} else if (Character.isDigit(c)) {
sb1.append(c);
} else {
sb2.append(c);
}
}
if (!temporalUnits.containsKey(sb2.toString())) {
throw new IOException("Parse error: unknown temporal unit used '"
+ sb2.toString() + "'");
}
offset = Integer.parseInt(sb1.toString());
unit = temporalUnits.get(sb2.toString());
base.add(unit, op * offset);
return base.getTime();
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
DateExpressions de = DateExpressions.createInstance();
System.out.println(de.parseExpression("DayStart+2Hour+1Day-2Minute"));
System.out.println(de.parseExpression("NOW+20Day"));
System.out.println(de.parseExpression("MonthStart+1Month"));
}
}

If you're after rapid experimentation, sometimes a literate API combined with on the fly compilation is an easy way to go.
So, your example could look like (given appropriate static imports)
daystart().plus()
.hours(2).plus()
.days(1).minutes(2)
or even (given milliseconds as the basic units)
daystart() + hours(2) + days(1) - minutes(2)

Regex seems to be the best bet for such a scenario. Although, I'm puzzled why would you want to interpret strings in this manner, rather than having sophisticated APIs.

adding Gregorian Calendar dates to an array and retrieving the date to print in a string

I am writing a credit card program. I want the program to use the current date every time the method is used to make a purchase and put the date into the array
private GregorianCalendar transDate;
public CreditCard(double amount,String storeName, GregorianCalendar transDate) {
this.amount=amount;
this.storeName=storeName;
transDate=new GregorianCalendar();
}
public void purchase(double amount, String storeName, GregorianCalendar date)throws Exception
{
if (numPurchases<purchases.length)
if (amount >0 )
if(amount+balance<=creditLimit)
if( GregorianCalendar.getInstance().getTimeInMillis()<=expDate.getTimeInMillis())
{
balance+=amount;
transDate=getTransDate();
purchases[numPurchases] = new CreditCard(amount, storeName,transDate);
numPurchases++;
}
else
{
throw new Exception("card expired");
}
else{
throw new Exception("insufficient credit");
}
else{
throw new Exception("invalid amount");
}
else{
throw new Exception("exceeded number of allowed purchases");
}
}
I would like to display the information in String info
info+="Purchases:\n";
for(int index=0;index<numPurchases;index++){
info+="["+(index+1)+"] ";
info+=transDate.get(Calendar.YEAR)+"\t";
info+= purchases[index].getStoreName()+"\t";
info+=(formatter.format(purchases[index].getPurchase()))+"\n" ;
}
how do I need to set up the code to use the current date and add it to the array and display it in the string

Why don't you use a List implementation instead of an array? You can override the toString method to print it the way you want.
final SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MM yyyy");
List<Calendar> dates = new ArrayList<Calendar>() {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -5079502477457556887L;
#Override
public String toString() {
Iterator<Calendar> i = iterator();
if (!i.hasNext())
return "[]";
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.append('[');
for (;;) {
Calendar c = i.next();
sb.append(formatter.format(c.getTime()));
if (! i.hasNext())
return sb.append(']').toString();
sb.append(", ");
}
}
};
dates.add(Calendar.getInstance());
dates.add(Calendar.getInstance());
System.out.println(dates);

What does your getTransDate() function do? Ideally it should return the transDate variable of CreditCard object. To calculate transDate for a purchase, you are better off renaming the method to calculateTransDate() or something like that.
Once you have getTransDate() method returning the transDate, your info string can be :
info+="Purchases:\n";
for(int index=0;index<numPurchases;index++){
info+="["+(index+1)+"] ";
info+=purchases[index].getTransDate().get(Calendar.YEAR)+"\t";
info+= purchases[index].getStoreName()+"\t";
info+=(formatter.format(purchases[index].getPurchase()))+"\n"
}