com.standbysoft.component.date
Class DefaultDateParser

java.lang.Object
  com.standbysoft.component.date.DefaultDateParser

All Implemented Interfaces:

DateParser

public class DefaultDateParser

extends java.lang.Object

implements DateParser

The default date parser tries to determine the date using a specified date format.

Constructor Summary

DefaultDateParser()

Method Summary

java.util.Date

parse(java.lang.String text, java.util.Date reference, java.text.DateFormat format) Determines the date represented by a specified text, using a certain date format.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DefaultDateParser

public DefaultDateParser()

Method Detail

parse

public java.util.Date parse(java.lang.String text,
                            java.util.Date reference,
                            java.text.DateFormat format)
                     throws DateParserException

Determines the date represented by a specified text, using a certain date format. This means that if the text does not represent a date according to the date format, it cannot be parsed to produce a date and an DateParserException is thrown.

Specified by:

parse in interface DateParser

Parameters:

text - text representation of the date

reference - not used by this implementation

format - date format used to determine the date from its text representation

Returns:

date parsed from its text representation using the specified format.

Throws:

DateParserException - if the parsed text does not match a date