Deprecated: Customizing algorithms for date and time selection

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(Deprecated) Customizing algorithms for date and time selection

When you want to specialize the date and time selection criteria, you can create your own custom algorithm.

You can configure a selector to work with the following:

A date as specified using the tool.
A date returned from a Java™ expression
A date stored in an attribute of the incoming business object.

By default, scheduling is set on Current Date. To change this, proceed as follows:

Procedure

In the destination area of the selector, create a new active destination by clicking the icon. Date fields will appear with the current date.
In the Selection Criteria table, click Current date. You will then have the following choices:

Option Description

Current date Choose this to use the inline interactive calendar to select the dates graphically. If you choose this, then the system will create a java snippet that will return a current java.util.date object.
Java Choose this to use the visual snippet editor to graphically compose your own Java code that will obtain a date and a time, and return a java.util.date to the selector component.
XPath Choose this to specify an XPath to a xsd:datetime (java.util.date) parameter. The parameter can either be a stand-alone, or it can be embedded within a business object.

(Deprecated) Creating a selector

Related concepts:
(Deprecated) Selector editor
(Deprecated) Standards for date and time selection in a selector

Related tasks:
(Deprecated) Choosing dates and times
(Deprecated) Specifying a target component for your selector

Option	Description
Current date	Choose this to use the inline interactive calendar to select the dates graphically. If you choose this, then the system will create a java snippet that will return a current java.util.date object.
Java	Choose this to use the visual snippet editor to graphically compose your own Java code that will obtain a date and a time, and return a java.util.date to the selector component.
XPath	Choose this to specify an XPath to a xsd:datetime (java.util.date) parameter. The parameter can either be a stand-alone, or it can be embedded within a business object.