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package org.eobjects.analyzer.beans.coalesce;
import java.util.Date;
import org.eobjects.analyzer.beans.api.Categorized;
import org.eobjects.analyzer.beans.api.Configured;
import org.eobjects.analyzer.beans.api.Description;
import org.eobjects.analyzer.beans.api.OutputColumns;
import org.eobjects.analyzer.beans.api.Transformer;
import org.eobjects.analyzer.beans.api.TransformerBean;
import org.eobjects.analyzer.beans.categories.DateAndTimeCategory;
import org.eobjects.analyzer.data.InputColumn;
import org.eobjects.analyzer.data.InputRow;
@TransformerBean("Coalesce dates")
@Description("Returns the first non-null date out of a set of dates. "
+ "Use it to identify relative dates such as 'latest activity' date "
+ "if multiple stages in a process may have been recorded in different columns.")
@Categorized({ DateAndTimeCategory.class })
@Deprecated
public class CoalesceDatesTransformer implements Transformer<Date> {
@Configured
InputColumn<Date>[] input;
public CoalesceDatesTransformer() {
}
@SafeVarargs
public CoalesceDatesTransformer(InputColumn<Date>... input) {
this();
this.input = input;
}
@Override
public OutputColumns getOutputColumns() {
return new OutputColumns("Coalesced date");
}
@Override
public Date[] transform(InputRow inputRow) {
for (InputColumn<Date> column : input) {
Date value = inputRow.getValue(column);
if (value != null) {
return new Date[] { value };
}
}
return new Date[1];
}
}