com.codestreet.messageforge
Class RDateFormat

java.lang.Object
  com.codestreet.messageforge.RDateFormat

public class RDateFormat

extends java.lang.Object

Singleton class for formatting Date fields as , and creating Date fields from a .

Author:

Jawaid Hakim.

Constructor Summary

protected

RDateFormat() Ctor.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	format(java.util.Date date) Format a date.
java.lang.String	format(java.lang.Object date) Format a date.
static RDateFormat	getInstance() Get singleton instance.
static java.lang.String	getPattern() Get the data format pattern.
java.util.Date	parse(java.lang.String strDate) Parse a string and create a date.
static void	setPattern(java.lang.String pattern) Set the data format pattern.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RDateFormat

protected RDateFormat()

Ctor.

Method Detail

getInstance

public static RDateFormat getInstance()

Get singleton instance.

Returns:

Singleton instance.

format

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

Format a date.

Parameters:

date - Date to format.

Returns:

Formatted date.

format

public java.lang.String format(java.lang.Object date)

Format a date.

Parameters:

date - Date to format.

Returns:

Formatted date.

parse

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

Parse a string and create a date.

Parameters:

strDate - String date.

Returns:

Date.

Throws:

java.text.ParseException

setPattern

public static void setPattern(java.lang.String pattern)

Set the data format pattern. The defaul date format pattern is based on the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request for Comments (RFC) 1123 and is EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z.

Parameters:

pattern - Date format pattern

getPattern

public static java.lang.String getPattern()

Get the data format pattern. The defaul date format pattern is based on the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request for Comments (RFC) 1123 and is EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z.

Returns:

Date format pattern