org.crosswire.common.icu

Class DateFormatter

java.lang.Object

org.crosswire.common.icu.DateFormatter

public final class DateFormatter
extends Object

DateFormat provides a wrapper of some of DateFormat and SimpleDateFormat using ICU4J if present, otherwise from core Java. Note, only those methods in DateFormat that are actually used are here.

Author:

DM Smith

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The GNU Lesser General Public License for details.
The copyright to this program is held by its authors.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	DEFAULT Constant for default style pattern.
private static String	DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT_CLASS
private static String	DEFAULT_SIMPLE_DATE_FORMAT_CLASS
private static Class<?>	defaultDateFormat
private static Class<?>	defaultSimpleDateFormat
private Object	formatter The actual formatter.
private Class<?>	formatterClass The class of the formatter
static int	FULL Constant for full style pattern.
private static org.slf4j.Logger	LOGGER
static int	LONG Constant for long style pattern.
static int	MEDIUM Constant for medium style pattern.
static int	SHORT Constant for short style pattern.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
private	DateFormatter() Prevent instantiation.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	format(Date date) Formats a Date into a date/time string.
static DateFormatter	getDateInstance() Construct a DateFormatter with the default date format.
static DateFormatter	getDateInstance(int format) Construct a DateFormatter with the given date format.
static DateFormatter	getSimpleDateInstance(String format) Construct a simple DateFormatter with the given date format.
Date	parse(String text) Convert text to a date.
void	setLenient(boolean lenient) Set whether this DataFormatter should be lenient in parsing dates.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

FULL

public static final int FULL

Constant for full style pattern.

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Constant Field Values

LONG

public static final int LONG

Constant for long style pattern.

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Constant Field Values

MEDIUM

public static final int MEDIUM

Constant for medium style pattern.

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Constant Field Values

SHORT

public static final int SHORT

Constant for short style pattern.

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Constant Field Values

DEFAULT

public static final int DEFAULT

Constant for default style pattern. Its value is MEDIUM.

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Constant Field Values

LOGGER

private static final org.slf4j.Logger LOGGER

DEFAULT_SIMPLE_DATE_FORMAT_CLASS

private static final String DEFAULT_SIMPLE_DATE_FORMAT_CLASS

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Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT_CLASS

private static final String DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT_CLASS

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Constant Field Values

formatter

private Object formatter

The actual formatter.

formatterClass

private Class<?> formatterClass

The class of the formatter

defaultSimpleDateFormat

private static Class<?> defaultSimpleDateFormat

defaultDateFormat

private static Class<?> defaultDateFormat

Constructor Detail

DateFormatter

private DateFormatter()

Prevent instantiation.

Method Detail

getDateInstance

public static DateFormatter getDateInstance(int format)

Construct a DateFormatter with the given date format.

Parameters:

format - the date format

Returns:

a DateFormatter of the given format

See Also:

DateFormat.getDateInstance(int)

getDateInstance

public static DateFormatter getDateInstance()

Construct a DateFormatter with the default date format.

Returns:

a DateFormatter of the default format

See Also:

DateFormat.getDateInstance()

getSimpleDateInstance

public static DateFormatter getSimpleDateInstance(String format)

Construct a simple DateFormatter with the given date format.

Parameters:

format - the date format

Returns:

a DateFormatter with the given date format

See Also:

DateFormat.getDateInstance(int)

setLenient

public void setLenient(boolean lenient)

Set whether this DataFormatter should be lenient in parsing dates.

Parameters:

lenient - whether to be lenient or not

See Also:

DateFormat.setLenient(boolean)

format

public String format(Date date)

Formats a Date into a date/time string.

Parameters:

date - the time value to be formatted into a time string.

Returns:

the formatted time string.

See Also:

DateFormat.format(java.util.Date)

parse

public Date parse(String text)

Convert text to a date.

Parameters:

text - the input to parse as a date

Returns:

the resultant date

See Also:

DateFormat.parse(java.lang.String)