org.crosswire.common.icu
Class DateFormatter

java.lang.Object
  extended by 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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Field Summary
static int DEFAULT
          Constant for default style pattern.
private  Object formatter
          The actual formatter.
private  Class<?> formatterClass
          The class of the formatter
static int FULL
          Constant for full style pattern.
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
private DateFormatter()
          Prevent instantiation.
 
Method Summary
 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

formatter

private Object formatter
The actual formatter.


formatterClass

private Class<?> formatterClass
The class of the formatter

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 -
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)

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