[SDK] DateGlobalizationServiceInterface not working

Question

Hello SAP ME community,
my current SAP ME version is 5.2.5.5
I realized, that SAP ME is using his own date format ( DateTimeInterface ). I found the DateGlobalizationServiceInterface, which has a lot of useful methods to handle this very special date format.
My problem at the moment is, that I can't use this interface as all the other interfaces.
Here's a coding snippet, which I normally use to get a service for a SAP ME Interface:
private static final COM_VISIPRISE_GLOBALIZATION="com.visiprise.globalization";
private static final DATE_SERVICE = "DateGlobalizationService";
private DateGlobalizationServiceInterface dateService = null;
//the next line line is not possible for this Interface - why ?
dateService = Services.getService(COM_VISIPRISE_GLOBALIZATION, DATE_SERVICE);
My problem is, that this way doesn't work for initializing DateGlobalizationServiceInterface without an Exception. Any other interface is working this way! Can someone else try this on their SDK machine? Is there another working way to use the methods. Is this a bug in SDK?  In detail I'm interested in the createDateTime() method.
Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Hi Christof,
Depending on the input parameter serviceName you'll get different interfaces back - that's the trick. For example for KnownGlobalizationServices.DATE you'll get DateGlobalizationServiceInterface:
DateGlobalizationServiceInterface dateService = GlobalizationService.getInvariantService(KnownGlobalizationServices.DATE)
BTW in the API is it said that the return type for these methods is
<T extends com.visiprise.globalization.LocalizedServiceInterface> T
... and this is not the same as just LocalizedServiceInterface.
Good luck
Ivan