er.chronic
Class ChronicFormatter

java.lang.Object
  java.text.Format
      java.text.DateFormat
          java.text.SimpleDateFormat
              er.chronic.ChronicFormatter

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class ChronicFormatter
extends java.text.SimpleDateFormat

ChronicFormatter attempts to parse a date using an expected date format, and then falls back to using Chronic in the event of a parse failure.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Author:

probert

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.text.DateFormat

java.text.DateFormat.Field

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.text.DateFormat

AM_PM_FIELD, calendar, DATE_FIELD, DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD, DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD, DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD, DEFAULT, ERA_FIELD, FULL, HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD, HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD, HOUR0_FIELD, HOUR1_FIELD, LONG, MEDIUM, MILLISECOND_FIELD, MINUTE_FIELD, MONTH_FIELD, numberFormat, SECOND_FIELD, SHORT, TIMEZONE_FIELD, WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD, WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD, YEAR_FIELD

Constructor Summary

ChronicFormatter(java.lang.String pattern)
Constructs a new ChronicFormatter.

ChronicFormatter(java.lang.String pattern, Options options)
Constructs a new ChronicFormatter.

ChronicFormatter(java.lang.String pattern, Options options, boolean guessingEarly)
Constructs a new ChronicFormatter.

Method Summary

boolean	isGuessingEarly() Returns whether or not this parser guesses the beginning of a span if a date parses as a span.
Options	options() Returns the options used by this formatter.
com.webobjects.foundation.NSTimestamp	parseObject(java.lang.String text)
void	setGuessingEarly(boolean guessingEarly) Sets whether or not this parser guesses the beginning of a span if a date parses as a span.
void	setOptions(Options options) Sets the options used by this formatter.

Methods inherited from class java.text.SimpleDateFormat

applyLocalizedPattern, applyPattern, clone, equals, format, formatToCharacterIterator, get2DigitYearStart, getDateFormatSymbols, hashCode, parse, set2DigitYearStart, setDateFormatSymbols, toLocalizedPattern, toPattern

Methods inherited from class java.text.DateFormat

format, format, getAvailableLocales, getCalendar, getDateInstance, getDateInstance, getDateInstance, getDateTimeInstance, getDateTimeInstance, getDateTimeInstance, getInstance, getNumberFormat, getTimeInstance, getTimeInstance, getTimeInstance, getTimeZone, isLenient, parse, parseObject, setCalendar, setLenient, setNumberFormat, setTimeZone

Methods inherited from class java.text.Format

format

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ChronicFormatter

public ChronicFormatter(java.lang.String pattern)

Constructs a new ChronicFormatter.

Parameters:

pattern - the SimpleDateFormat pattern to parse

options - the chronic options to parse with

ChronicFormatter

public ChronicFormatter(java.lang.String pattern,
                        Options options)

Constructs a new ChronicFormatter.

Parameters:

pattern - the SimpleDateFormat pattern to parse

options - the chronic options to parse with

ChronicFormatter

public ChronicFormatter(java.lang.String pattern,
                        Options options,
                        boolean guessingEarly)

Constructs a new ChronicFormatter.

Parameters:

pattern - the SimpleDateFormat pattern to parse

options - the chronic options to parse with

guessingEarly - if true, guess the start of a span if the parsed date returns a span

Method Detail

options

public Options options()

Returns the options used by this formatter.

Returns:

the options used by this formatter

setOptions

public void setOptions(Options options)

Sets the options used by this formatter.

Parameters:

options - the options used by this formatter

isGuessingEarly

public boolean isGuessingEarly()

Returns whether or not this parser guesses the beginning of a span if a date parses as a span.

Returns:

whether or not this parser guesses the beginning of a span

setGuessingEarly

public void setGuessingEarly(boolean guessingEarly)

Sets whether or not this parser guesses the beginning of a span if a date parses as a span.

Parameters:

guessingEarly - whether or not this parser guesses the beginning of a span

parseObject

public com.webobjects.foundation.NSTimestamp parseObject(java.lang.String text)
                                                  throws java.text.ParseException

Overrides:

parseObject in class java.text.Format

Throws:

java.text.ParseException