org.obe.util
Class DateUtilities

java.lang.Object
  org.obe.util.DateUtilities

public final class DateUtilities

extends java.lang.Object

Date formatting and parsing utilities. This is not a threadsafe class. Each thread must call the getInstance() method to obtain its own dedicated instance.

Author:

Anthony Eden, Adrian Price

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT

Method Summary

java.lang.String	format(java.util.Date date)
java.text.DateFormat[]	getFormats()
static DateUtilities	getInstance() Get an instance of the DateUtilities class for the current thread.
java.util.Date	parse(java.lang.String dateString) Parse the specified date string.
void	setFormats(java.text.DateFormat[] formats)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT

public static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT

Method Detail

getInstance

public static DateUtilities getInstance()

Get an instance of the DateUtilities class for the current thread.

Returns:

A DateUtilities instance

setFormats

public void setFormats(java.text.DateFormat[] formats)

getFormats

public java.text.DateFormat[] getFormats()

parse

public java.util.Date parse(java.lang.String dateString)
                     throws java.text.ParseException

Parse the specified date string.

Parameters:

dateString - The date string

Returns:

The Date object.

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - if the date format is not supported.

format

public java.lang.String format(java.util.Date date)