org.apache.log4j.lf5.util
Class DateFormatManager

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.log4j.lf5.util.DateFormatManager

public class DateFormatManager
extends Object

Date format manager. Utility class to help manage consistent date formatting and parsing. It may be advantageous to have multiple DateFormatManagers per application. For example, one for handling the output (formatting) of dates, and another one for handling the input (parsing) of dates.

Author:

Robert Shaw, Michael J. Sikorsky

Constructor Summary

DateFormatManager()

DateFormatManager(Locale locale)

DateFormatManager(Locale locale, String pattern)

DateFormatManager(String pattern)

DateFormatManager(TimeZone timeZone)

DateFormatManager(TimeZone timeZone, Locale locale)

DateFormatManager(TimeZone timeZone, Locale locale, String pattern)

DateFormatManager(TimeZone timeZone, String pattern)

Method Summary

String	format(Date date)
String	format(Date date, String pattern)
DateFormat	getDateFormatInstance()
Locale	getLocale()
String	getOutputFormat() Deprecated. Use getPattern().
String	getPattern()
TimeZone	getTimeZone()
Date	parse(String date)
Date	parse(String date, String pattern)
void	setDateFormatInstance(DateFormat dateFormat)
void	setLocale(Locale locale)
void	setOutputFormat(String pattern) Deprecated. Use setPattern().
void	setPattern(String pattern) Set the pattern.
void	setTimeZone(TimeZone timeZone)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateFormatManager

public DateFormatManager()

DateFormatManager

public DateFormatManager(TimeZone timeZone)

DateFormatManager

public DateFormatManager(Locale locale)

DateFormatManager

public DateFormatManager(String pattern)

DateFormatManager

public DateFormatManager(TimeZone timeZone,
                         Locale locale)

DateFormatManager

public DateFormatManager(TimeZone timeZone,
                         String pattern)

DateFormatManager

public DateFormatManager(Locale locale,
                         String pattern)

DateFormatManager

public DateFormatManager(TimeZone timeZone,
                         Locale locale,
                         String pattern)

Method Detail

getTimeZone

public TimeZone getTimeZone()

setTimeZone

public void setTimeZone(TimeZone timeZone)

getLocale

public Locale getLocale()

setLocale

public void setLocale(Locale locale)

getPattern

public String getPattern()

setPattern

public void setPattern(String pattern)

Set the pattern. i.e. "EEEEE, MMMMM d, yyyy hh:mm aaa"

getOutputFormat

public String getOutputFormat()

Deprecated. Use getPattern().

This method has been deprecated in favour of getPattern().

setOutputFormat

public void setOutputFormat(String pattern)

Deprecated. Use setPattern().

This method has been deprecated in favour of setPattern().

getDateFormatInstance

public DateFormat getDateFormatInstance()

setDateFormatInstance

public void setDateFormatInstance(DateFormat dateFormat)

format

public String format(Date date)

format

public String format(Date date,
                     String pattern)

parse

public Date parse(String date)
           throws ParseException

Throws:

ParseException

parse

public Date parse(String date,
                  String pattern)
           throws ParseException

Throws:

ParseException